HomeMy WebLinkAboutPO 6963: RATES PROPOSED BY TEXAS GAS SERVICE COMPANY P. O. No. 6963
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
APPROVING THE RATES PROPOSED BY TEXAS GAS SERVICE
COMPANY, A DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC. ("TGS" OR
"COMPANY") PURSUANT TO ITS 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,
a Division of ONE Gas, Inc. ("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("GURA"), Tex. Util. Code § 104.301;
and
WHEREAS, City has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates,
operations and services of a gas utility in areas n the municipality pursuant to
GURA § 103.001; and
WHEREAS, GURA § 104.301 requires a streamlined process for the
recovery of the costs of incremental investment by a gas utility; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposed an effective date of April 12, 2021, for
the rate increase; and
WHEREAS, the City suspended the proposed April 12, 2021 effective date
until May 27, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the proposed interim rate adjustment would increase
residential rates by $2.38 per customer per month; and
WHEREAS, the City's consultant has reviewed the GRIP filing and has
concluded that the proposed GRIP rates are correctly calculated; and
WHEREAS, the reasonableness of TGS's investment will be reviewed in the
Company's subsequent base rate case where all costs included in its 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 Company's proposed GRIP rate increase is approved
effective May 27, 2021.
Section 3. 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 4. That 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: ,
NOES: .
Thurman Bill Bartle Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Valecia Tizeno, City orney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Ronald Burton, City Manager