Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance 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 2020 Rate Review Mechanism Riling; Declaring Existing Rates to be Unreasonable; Adopting Tariffs that Reflect Rate Adjustments Consistent With the Negotiated Settlement; Finding 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 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: Financially Sound Government
MEETING DATE: October 6, 2020
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
CONTACT: Trevor Minyard, Strategic Services 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 $141.2 million in additional system-wide revenues, the RRM settlement at $90 million for ACSC Cities reflects substantial savings to ACSC Cities. ACSC's consultant...
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