06-27-18 CenterPoint - Updated Schedule of Rates

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CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. D/B/A CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX AND CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO NATURAL GAS SERVICE IN TEXAS FOR JURISDICTIONS FOR WHICH TARIFF IS APPROVED ON OR AFTER MAY 23,2017 previous four years,the Company may charge a fee for the test,not to exceed$15.00,or such other fee for the testing of meters as may be set forth in the Company's tariff properly on file with the regulatory authority. The customer must be properly informed of the result of any test on a meter that serves him. (2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1), above, if the meter is found to be more than nominally defective, to either customer's or the Company's disadvantage, any fee charged for a meter test must be refunded to the customer. More than nominally defective means a deviation of more than(2%)from accurate registration. (3) If any meter test requested by a customer reveals a meter to be more than nominally defective, the Company shall correct previous readings consistent with the inaccuracy found in the meter for the period of either (i) the last six months,or (ii)the last test of the meter,whichever is shorter. Any resulting underbillings or over- billings are to be corrected in subsequent bills, unless service is terminated, in which event a monetary adjustment is to be made. This requirement for a correction may be foregone by the Company if the error is to the Company's disadvantage. (4) If a meter is found not to register for any period of time, the Company may make a charge for units used but not metered,for a period not to exceed three months previous to the time the meter is found not to be registering. The determination of amounts used but not metered is to be based on consumption during other like periods by the same customer at the same location when available, and on consumption under similar conditions at the same location or of other similarly situated customers when not available. (e) Meter Exchange. (1) The Company follows the practice of testing and repairing its meters on periodic schedules in accordance with good operating practice. The"periodic meter test interval" is based on the results of accuracy tests of its meters randomly sampled of varying ages. The period of presumed accuracy is the period during which not less than 70% of the randomly sampled meters exhibit accuracy in the range of 2%fast to 2%slow. 11. DEPOSITS FROM CONSUMERS TO GUARANTEE PAYMENTS OF BILLS (a) Establishment of credit for residential applicants. (1) The Company may require a residential applicant for service to satisfactorily establish credit but such establishment of credit shall not relieve the customer from complying