Ordinance No. 2022-16 CenterpointORDINANCE NO. 2022-I 6
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS SUSPENDING THE RA TES
PROPOSED BY CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., d/b/a
CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX AND CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS ("CENTERPOINT" OR "COMPANY") COMPANY'S GAS RELIABILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ("GRIP") FILING MADE WITH THE CITY ON
MARCH 3, 2022; FINDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO
THE SUBJECT, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, on or about March 3, 2022, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.,
d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Entex and CenterPoint Energy Texas Gas ("CenterPoint" or
"Company") filed an Annual GRIP adjustment for the Beaumont/East Texas Division with
the City of Huntsville ("City") to increase gas rates in the Beaumont/East Texas Division
Service Area pursuant to Gas Utility Regulatory Act, TEX. UTIL. CODE ("Gas Utility
Regulatory Act") § I 04.30 I; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposed an effective date for the proposed increase of
May 2, 2022, unless the City suspends the date for a period no longer than forty-five (45)
days;and
WHEREAS, City has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations and
services of a gas utility in areas in the municipality pursuant to Gas Utility Regulatory Act
§103.001; and
WHEREAS, Gas Utility Regulatory Act§ 104.301 requires a streamlined process
for the recovery of the costs of incremental investment by a gas utility; and
WHEREAS, the City's review of CenterPoint's GRIP filing is limited to a
ministerial review of the filing for compliance with the statute; and
WHEREAS, the City finds the need to suspend the effective date of CenterPoint's
proposed rate increase for 45 days beyond the Company's proposed effective date until
June 16, 2022 in order to review the Company's filing for compliance with Gas Utility
Regulatory Act § 104.301; and
WHEREAS, the reasonableness of the Company's investment will be reviewed in
CenterPoint's future base rate case where all costs included in CenterPoint's GRIP filing
will be subject to refund.
NOW 'fHEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. That the statement and findings set out in the preamble to this
ordinance are hereby in all things approved and adopted.