HomeMy WebLinkAboutPO 7285: TEXAS GAS SERVICE COMPANY, DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC, P.O. No. 7285
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF TEXAS GAS SERVICE
COMPANY, A DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC.'S STATEMENT OF
INTENT TO INCREASE RATES WITHIN THE CENTRAL-GULF
SERVICE AREA, FILED ON JUNE 3, 2024; 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 June 3, 2024, Texas Gas Service Company, a
Division of ONE Gas, Inc. ("TGS" or "Company") filed a Statement of Intent with
the City of Port Arthur ("City") and concurrently with the Railroad Commission of
Texas ("Railroad Commission") to increase gas rates within the Central-Gulf
Service Area; and
WHEREAS, in its Statement of Intent, TGS proposed to increase its
revenue requirement by $25.6 million per year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Arthur joined the Steering Committee of Cities
to intervene and participate in the Railroad Commission proceedings; and
WHEREAS, the City denied the Company's rate request and the Company
appealed or will appeal the City's rate denial ordinance to the Commission; and
WHEREAS, TGS, Railroad Commission Staff, and other intervening parties
including the Steering Committee of Cities participated in settlement discussions
to resolve all contested rate case issues without litigation; and
WHEREAS, TGS agreed to settle the rate request at an overall rate
increase level of$19.3 million per year for the Central-Gulf Service Area combined;
and
WHEREAS, the Railroad Commission Staff, the Lawton Law Firm, and
counsel for other cities participating in this proceeding have recommended
approval of the Settlement terms as a reasonable alternative to resolve all
contested rate case issues without the need for prolonged litigation.
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.
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Section 2. That the City of Port Arthur, Texas, hereby authorizes the
settlement of the TGS rate case proceeding at an overall rate increase level of
$19.3 million per year.
Section 3. That the meeting at which this Ordinance was approved was
in all things conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act,
Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its
passage.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of October, A.D.,
2024, at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the
following vote:
AYES: Mayor:
Councilmembers:
NOES:
Thurman Bill Bartie, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Roxann Pais Cotroneo, City Attorney
APPRO ,3' FOr ADMINISTRATION:
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Ronald : en CPM, City Manager
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