HomeMy WebLinkAboutPO 6943: SUSPENDING THE RATES PROPOSED BY THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE COMPANY'S P.O. No. 6943
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
SUSPENDING THE RATES PROPOSED BY TEXAS GAS SERVICE
COMPANY'S ("TGS" OR "COMPANY") GAS RELIABILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ("GRIP") FILING MADE WITH
THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 11, 2021; 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 February 11,2021, Texas Gas Service Company("TGS"
or"Company") filed an Annual GRIP adjustment with the City of Port Arthur ("City") to
increase gas rates in the Central/Gulf 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 for the proposed increase of
April 12,2021,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 TGS'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 the Company's
proposed rate increase for 45 days beyond the Company's proposed effective date until
May 27, 2021 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
a future base rate case where all costs included in the Company's GRIP filing will be
subject to refund.
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the statement and findings set out in the preamble to this
ordinance are hereby in all things approved and adopted.
Section 2. That the effective date of the Company's proposed GRIP rate
increase, and the proposed tariffs related thereto, is hereby suspended until May 27, 2021.
Section 3. That to the extent the City finds that the rates proposed by the
Company's filing comply with Gas Utility Regulatory Act § 104.301, then the rates will
become effective by operation of law on May 27, 2021.
Section 4. That 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 shall become effective from and after its passage.
READ,ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of A.D.,
2021, at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, by the following vote:
AYES:
Mayor:
Councilmembers:
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NOES:
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Thurman Bill Bartie, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Va
i eno, C y Attorney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Ronald Burton, City Manager