Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution 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 2023 Rate Review Mechanism Filing; 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 Attachment Establishing a Benchmark for Pensions and Retiree Medical Benefits; Requiring the Company to Reimburse ACSC's Reasonable Ratemaking Expenses; Determining That This Resolution 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: Operational Excellence
MEETING DATE: August 15, 2023
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Conference
CONTACT: Trevor Minyard, Director of Strategic Services
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* On or about March 31, 2023, the Company filed a rate request pursuant to the Rate Review Mechanism ("RRM") Tariff adopted by Atmos Cities Steering Committee ("ACSC") members. The Company claimed that its cost-of-service in a test year ending December 31, 2022, entitled it to additional system-wide revenues of $165.9 million.
* Application of the standards set forth in ACSC's RRM Tariff reduces the Company's request to $156.1 million, $113.8 million of which would be applicable to ACSC members. After reviewing the filing and conducting discovery, ACSC's consultants concluded that the system-wide deficiency under the RRM regime should be $130.9 million instead of the claimed $156.1 million.
* After several settlement meetings, the parties have agreed to settle the cas...
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