HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2026-10_suspending the Centerpoint Energy rate adjustmentRESOLUTION 2026-10
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, ("CITY") REGARDING THE
INTERIM RATE ADJUSTMENT APPLICATION OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY
RESOURCES CORP. d/b/a CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX AND CENTERPOINT
ENERGY TEXAS GAS, TEXAS COAST DIVISION, FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025
WHEREAS, on or about February 17, 2026, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. d/b/a/
CenterPoint Energy Entex and CenterPoint Energy Texas Gas, Texas Coast Division
("CenterPoint") filed an application for an interim rate adjustment/Gas Reliability Infrastructure
Program ("GRIP"), which if approved, results in an increase in the monthly customer charges as
follows:
Rate
Schedule
Current
Customer
Charge
Proposed
2026 Interim
Rate
Adjustment
Adjusted
Charge
Increase Per
Bill
R-2099-I-GRIP 2026;
R-2099-U-GRIP 2026 .
Residential
$22.36
per customer
per month
$2.47
per customer
per month
$24.83
per customer
per month
$2.47
per customer
per month
GSS-2099-I-GRIP 2026; -....
GSS-2099-U-GRIP 2026
General Service
Small
. .
$35.12
per customer
per month
$4.18
per customer
per month
$39.30 -
per customer
per month
$4.18
per customer
per month
GSLV-630-I-GRIP 2026;
GSLV-630-U-GR1P 2026
General Service
Large Volume
..
$450.89
per customer
per month
$55.21
per customer
per month
$506.12
per customer
per month
$55.21
per customer
per month
and
WHEREAS, the City has a special responsibility to exercise due diligence with regard to rate
increases of monopoly utilities who operate within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the application to increase rates by CenterPoint is complex; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to suspend the effective date for the increase in rates for forty-five
days, so that the City can assure itself that the data and calculations in CenterPoint's rate
application are correctly done; and
WHEREAS, the effective date proposed by CenterPoint is April 18, 2026, but a suspension by
the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 2, 2026.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTE, TEXAS THAT:
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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 to
allow the City to review the data and calculations that provide the basis for CenterPoint's proposed
increase in rates.
Section 3. The City shall continue to act jointly 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 to the extent allowed by law.
Section 6. A copy of this resolution shall be transmitted to TCUC's Special Counsel, Mr. Alfred
R. Herrera, Herrera Law & Associates, PLLC, P.O. Box 302799, Austin, Texas 78703 or via email
to AHerrera@HerreraLawPLLC.com.
Section 7. 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 8. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of March, 2026.
THE CITY OF
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Rick Helton, ayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Clark T. Askins, City Attorney
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