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Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of McKinney, Texas, Approving a Negotiated Settlement Between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee ("ACSC") and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division Regarding the Company's 2019 Rate Review mechanism Filings; Declaring Existing Rates to be Unreasonable; Adopting Tariffs That Reflect Rate Adjustments Consistent with the Negotiated Settlement; Finding the Rates to be Set by the Attached Settlement Tariffs to be Just and Reasonable and in the Public Interest; Approving an Attached Exhibit Establishing a Benchmark for Pensions and Retiree Medical Benefits; Approving an Attached Exhibit Regarding Amortization of Regulatory Liability; Requiring the Company to Reimburse ACSC's Reasonable Ratemaking Expenses; Determining that this Ordinance was Passed in Accordance with the Requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act; Adopting a Savings Clause; Declaring an Effective Date; and Requiring Delivery of this Resolution to the Company and the ACSC's Legal Counsel.
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Financially Sound Government
MEETING DATE: September 3rd, 2018
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
CONTACT: Trevor Minyard, Assistant to the City Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Staff recommends approval of the resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The Legislature's GRIP (Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program) process allows gas utilities to receive annual rate increases associated with capital investments.
* The RRM (Rate Review Mechanism) process, which is summarized in the "background information" section of the staff report, has proven to result in a more efficient and less costly (both from a consumer rate impact perspective and from a ratemaking perspective) than the GRIP process.
* Given Atmos Mid-Tex's claim that its historic cost of service should entitle it to recover $38.7 million in additional system-wide revenues, the RRM settlement at $35.4 million reflects savings of $3.3 million. Sett...
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