R-2022-08 to Suspend CenterPoint GRIP rate increase and authorize the joining of similar situated cities to the TCUC coalition of cities

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WHEREAS: The effective date proposed by CenterPoint is May 2, 2021 but a suspension by the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 16, 2021. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS THAT: Section 1. That the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved and adopted. Section 2. The City suspends the requested effective date by CenterPoint for forty-five days pursuant to the authority granted the City under Section 104.301 of the Texas Utilities Code. The City finds that additional time is needed in order to review the data and calculations that provide the basis for the rate increase application. Section 3. The City shall continue its participation with other cities that are part of a coalition of cities known as the Texas Coast Utilities Coalition ("TCUC") of cities. Section 4. The City authorizes the law firm of Herrera Law & Associates, PLLC, to act on its behalf in connection with CenterPoint's application to increase rates. Section 5. To the extent allowed by law, CenterPoint is ordered to pay the City's reasonable rate case expenses incurred in response to CenterPoint's rate increase application within 30 days of receipt of invoices for such expenses. Section 6. The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. Section 7. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this ON ` } day of 2022. --- n MAY Z- U 2 of 2