HomeMy WebLinkAboutR2026-060 20260323RESOLUTION NO. R2026-60
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, (“City”) regarding
the Interim Rate Adjustment Application of CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Entex and Centerpoint Energy Texas Gas, Texas Coast
Division, for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2025.
WHEREAS, on or about February 17, 2026, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. d/b/a/
CenterPoint Energy Entex and CenterPoint Energy Texas Gas, Texas Coast Division
(“CenterPoint”) filed an application for an interim rate adjustment/Gas Reliability Infrastructure
Program (“GRIP”), which if approved, results in an increase in the monthly customer charges as
follows:
Rate
Current
Customer
2026 Interim
Rate Adjusted
R-2099-I-GRIP 2026;
R-2099-U-GRIP 2026
$22.36
per customer
$2.47
per customer
$24.83
per customer
$2.47
per customer
GSS-2099-U-GRIP 2026
General Service
$35.12
per customer
$4.18
per customer
$39.30
per customer
$4.18
per customer
GSLV-630-U-GRIP 2026
General Service
$450.89
per customer
$55.21
per customer
$506.12
per customer
$55.21
per customer
and
WHEREAS, the City has a special responsibility to exercise due diligence with regard to
rate increases of monopoly utilities who operate within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the application to increase rates by CenterPoint is complex; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to suspend the effective date for the increase in rates for
forty-five days, so that the City can assure itself that the data and calculations in CenterPoint’s
rate application are correctly done; and
WHEREAS, the effective date proposed by CenterPoint is April 18, 2026, but a
suspension by the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 2,
2026; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
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Section 1. That the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution
are hereby in all things approved and adopted.
Section 2. The City suspends the requested effective date by CenterPoint for forty-
five days pursuant to the authority granted the City under Section 104.301 of the Texas Utilities
Code to allow the City to review the data and calculations that provide the basis for
CenterPoint’s proposed increase in rates.
Section 3. The City shall continue to act jointly with other cities that are part of a
coalition of cities known as the Texas Coast Utilities Coalition (“TCUC”) of cities.
Section 4. The City authorizes the law firm Herrera Law & Associates, PLLC, to act
on its behalf in connection with CenterPoint’s application to increase rates.
Section 5. To the extent allowed by law, CenterPoint is ordered to pay the City’s
reasonable rate case expenses incurred in response to CenterPoint’s rate increase application
within 30 days of receipt of invoices for such expenses to the extent allowed by law.
Section 6. A copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted to TCUC’s Special Counsel,
Mr. Alfred R. Herrera, Herrera Law & Associates, PLLC, P.O. Box 302799, Austin, Texas 78703
or via email to aherrera@herreralawpllc.com.
Section 7. The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things
conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
Section 8. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 23rd day of March, A.D., 2026.
________________________________
J. KEVIN COLE
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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FRANCES AGUILAR, TRMC, MMC
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LAWRENCE G. PROVINS
CITY ATTORNEY
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