RES 1706 03/25/2025RESOLUTION NO: 1706
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS, ("CITY") REGARDING
THE APPLICATION OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP.,
TEXAS DIVISION, TO INCREASE RATES UNDER THE GAS RELIABILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM; SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS RATE APPLICATION FOR FORTY-FIVE DAYS; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN A COALITION OF CITIES NOW
KNOWN AS THE "ALLIANCE OF CENTERPOINT MUNICIPALITIES -SOUTH
TEXAS;" DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THE
RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED COMPLIED WITH THE TEXAS OPEN
MEETINGS ACT; MAKING SUCH OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on or about February 18, 2025 CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Texas
Division ("CenterPoint") filed for an increase in gas utility rates under the Gas Reliability
Infrastructure Program ("GRIP"), and proposed increases in the monthly customer charges for all
retail customer classes as shown below:
South Texas and Beaumont/East Texas Geouranhic Rate Areas
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
Proposed
Percent
Current
2025 Interim
Increase in
Rate
Customer
Rate
Adjusted
Increase Per
Customer
Schedule
Charge
Adjustment
Charge
Bill
Charge
R -2099 -1 -GRIP 2025;
$25.00
$2.88
$27.88
$2.88
R -2099 -U -GRIP 2025
per customer
per customer
per customer
per customer
11.52%
Residential
per month
per month
per month
per month
GSS-2099-I-GRIP 2025;
$4800
$5.14
$53.14
$5.14
GSS-2099-U-GRIP 2025
Per customer
per customer
per customer
per customer
10.71%
General Service
per month
per month
per month
per month
Small
GSLV-630-I-GRIP 2025;
$230.00
$61.20
$291.20
$61.20
GSLV-630-U-GRIP 2025
per customer
per customer
per customer
per customer
26.61%
General Service
per month
per month
per month
per month
Large Volume
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 19, 2025, but a
suspension by the City will mean that the rate increase cannot go into effect prior to June 3, 2025.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CIBOLO, 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
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 now known as the Alliance of CenterPoint Municipalities ("ACM") — South
Texas.
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. 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 25th day of March, 2025.
ATTEST:
Peggy Cimics, City Secret