Ordinance 2015-19 - Ord. 2015-19 - CenterPoint GRIP Suspension (Date corrected)ORDINANCE NO. 2015-19
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS SUSPENDING THE RATES
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 31, 2015; 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 31, 2015, 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 Service Area
with the City of Huntsville ( "City") to increase gas rates in the Beaumont /East Texas Service Area pursuant to Gas Utility
Regulatory Act, TEX. UTIL. CODE ( "Gas Utility Regulatory Act ") § 104.301; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposed an effective date of May 30, 2015, for the rate increase; 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 July 15, 2015 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 subsequent base rate case where
all costs included in CenterPoint's GRIP fling will be subject to refund.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS,
THAT:
Section 1. The statement and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved and
adopted.
Section 2. The effective date of the Company's proposed GRIP rate increase, and the proposed tariffs related thereto, are
hereby suspended until July 15, 2015.
Section 3. To the extent the City finds that the rates proposed by CenterPoint's filing comply with Gas Utility Regulatory
Act § 104.301, then the rates will become effective by operation of law on July'& 2015.4n-
Section 4. The meeting at which the ordinance was approved was in all things co ucted in strict compliance with the
Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective from .nd after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this &' day of
Woodward, City Secre
, 2015.
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Mac Woodward May
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ORDINANCE NO. 2015-19
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS SUSPENDING THE RATES
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 31, 2015; 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 31, 2015, 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 Service Area
with the City of Huntsville ( "City") to increase gas rates in the Beaumont/East Texas Service Area pursuant to Gas Utility
Regulatory Act, TEX. UTEL. CODE ( "Gas Utility Regulatory Act ") § 104.301; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposed an effective date of May 30, 2015, for the rate increase; 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 fords the need to suspend the effective date of CenterPoint's proposed rate increase for 45 days beyond the
Company's proposed effective date until July 15, 2015 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 subsequent base rate case where
all costs included in CenterPoint's GRIP filing will be subject to refund.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS,
THAT:
Section 1. The statement and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved and
adopted.
Section 2. The effective date of the Company's proposed GRIP rate increase, and the proposed tariffs related thereto, are
hereby suspended until July 15, 2015.
Section 3. To the extent the City finds that the rates proposed by CenterPoint's filing comply with Gas Utility Regulatory
Act § 104.301, then the rates will become effective by operation of law on July 15, 2015.
Section 4. The meeting at which the ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in strict compliance with the
Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
Section 5. This Ordinance shha��ll become effective from d after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this d�, day of 1 , 2015.
Woodward, City Secre
Mac Woodward, May
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Schneider, City Attorney