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AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET AGENDA ITEM NO. _____________________ ACTION TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE PROPOSED BY CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., TEXAS COAST DIVISION, TO INCREASE RATES UNDER THE GAS RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, FOR 45 DAYS, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN A COALITION OF CITIES KNOWN AS THE "TEXAS COAST UTILITIES COALITION" ALLIANCE OF CENTERPOINT MUNICIPALITIES The City is a member of the . TCUC was organized by a number of municipalities served by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Houston and Texas Coast Divisions and has been represented by the law firm of Herrera Law & Associates, PLLC (through Mr. Alfred R. Herrera) to assist in reviewing applications to change rates submitted by CenterPoint. Under section 104.301 of the Gas Utility Regulatory Act (GURA), a gas utility is allowed to request increases in its rates to recover a return on investments it makes between rate cases. This Infrastructure Program, and is also ref The Supreme Court of Texas concluded that a filing made under the GRIP statute permitted gas utilities the opportunity to recover return on capital expenditures made during the interim period between rate cases by applying for interim rate adjustment and that proceedings under the GRIP statute did not contemplate either adjudicative hearings or substantive review of utilities' filings for interim rate adjustments. Instead, the Court concluded, the GRIP statute provides for a ministerial review of Railroad Commission preclude cities from intervening and obtaining a hearing before the Railroad Commission. - filing. On about March 3, 2021 CenterPoint filed for an increase in gas utility rates under the Gas Reliability (Gas Utility Regulatory Act, § 104.301) and proposed an effective date of May 2, 2022, for its increase in ratesf approved by the Commission will result in an increase in the monthly customer charges as shown below: 1 of 2