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RESOLUTION 2025-11 <br />A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, ("CITY") REGARDING THE <br />APPLICATION OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., TEXAS <br />DIVISION, TO INCREASE RATES UNDER THE GAS RELIABILITY <br />INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM; SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS <br />RATE APPLICATION FOR FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO <br />CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN A COALITION OF CITIES NOW KNOWN AS THE <br />"ALLIANCE OF CENTERPOINT MUNICIPALITIES-TCUC;" DETERMINING THAT <br />THE MEETING AT WHICH THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED COMPLIED WITH <br />THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; MAKING SUCH OTHER FINDINGS AND <br />PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE <br />WHEREAS, on or about February 18, 2025, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Texas Division <br />("CenterPoint") filed for an increase in gas utility rates under the Gas Reliability Infrastructure <br />Program ("GRIP"), and proposed increases in the monthly customer charges for all retail customer <br />classes as shown below: <br />Houston and Texas Coast Geoeraohic Rate Areas <br />Proposed <br />Percent <br />Current <br />2025 Interim <br />Increase in <br />Rate <br />Customer <br />Rate <br />Adjusted <br />Increase Per <br />Customer <br />Schedule <br />Charlie <br />Adjustment <br />Charge <br />Bill <br />Charge <br />R-2099-1-GRIP 2025; <br />$19.50 <br />$2.88 <br />$22.38 <br />$2.88 <br />R-2099-U-GRIP 2025 <br />per customer <br />per customer <br />per customer <br />per customer <br />14.77 % <br />Residential <br />per month <br />per month <br />Per month <br />per month <br />GSS-2099-1-GRIP 2025; <br />$30.00 <br />$5.14 <br />$35.14 <br />$5.14 <br />GSSGener l SMIP 2025 <br />General Service <br />per customer <br />per customer <br />per customer <br />per customer <br />17.13 % <br />Small <br />Per month <br />per month <br />per month <br />per month <br />GSLV-630-1-GRIP 2025; <br />$390.00 <br />$61.20 <br />$451.20 <br />$61.20 <br />GSLV-630-U-GRIP 2025 <br />General Service <br />P er customer <br />P er customer <br />P er customer <br />Per customer <br />15.69% <br />e Volume <br />I M month <br />per month <br />per month <br />per month <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City has a special responsibility to exercise due diligence with regard to rate <br />increases of monopoly utilities who operate within its boundaries; and <br />WHEREAS, the application to increase rates by CenterPoint is complex; and <br />WHEREAS, it is necessary to suspend the effective date for the increase in rates for forty-five <br />(45) days, so that the City can assure itself that the data and calculations in CenterPoint's rate <br />application are correctly done; and <br />WHEREAS, the effective date proposed by CenterPoint is April 19, 2025, but a suspension by <br />the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 3, 2025. <br />1 of 2 <br />