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G-06-06-22-9A1 - 6/22/2006ORDINANCE NO. 4' " 010 - 06-4Q a - qA 1 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS ORDERING THE DISMISSAL OF ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, MID-TEX DIVISION'S APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM GAS RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ADJUSTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2005; FINDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIED WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on or about March 31, 2006 the Atmos Energy Corporation's, Mid -Tex Division ("Atmos Energy"or "Atmos") filed an application with the City of Round Rock, Texas ("City") to increase gas rates for its Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program ("GRIP") for calendar year 2005, and WHEREAS, the GRIP 2005 adjustment, if adopted, would result in an increase in rates of approximately $12 million, and WHEREAS, on or about May 31, 2006 Atmos filed a Statement of Intent to increase rates systemwide by $72 million, and WHEREAS, the Statement of Intent also included a request to recover the $12 million for. GRIP 2005, and WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature never intended to allow Atmos to be able to request an interim 2005 GRIP adjustment while a general rate case or Statement of Intent is pending before local and state regulatory authorities, Now Therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS THAT: Section 1. The statements and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved and adopted. @PFDesktop\::ODMA/WORLDOX/O:/wdox/ORDINANC/060622A1.WPD/vr Section 2. It is not appropriate for Atmos Energy to request recovery of an interim GRIP adjustment while a general rate case is pending. Section 3. The application for an interim GRIP adjustment for calendar year 2005 is in all respects dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Section 4. The City Secretary is hereby directed to send a true and correct copy of this ordinance to Mr. Richard Reis, Atmos Energy Corporation, 5420 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1823, Dallas, Texas 75240-2601 and to the ATM by sending a true and correct copy of this ordinance to Mr. Jim Boyle, Special Counsel for the ATM cities, by fax to (512) 474- 2507. Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended. Alternative 1. By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with. nand READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this day of , 2006. @PFDesktop\::ODMA/WORLDOX/O:/wdox/ORDINANC/060622A1.WPD/vr 2 Alternative 2. READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of , 2006. READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the day of , 2006. ALAN f'IC gEAI4l , Mayor PEO.7s4n City of Round Rock, Texas AT EST: 0.1n,wt;1.QJ R .i CHRISTINE R. MARTINEZ, City Sec @PFDesktop\::ODMA/WORLDOX/O:/wdox/ORDINANC/060622A1.WPD/vr tary 3 DATE: June 16, 2006 SUBJECT: City Council Meeting - June 22, 2006 ITEM: 9.A.1. Consider an ordinance ordering the dismissal of Atmos Energy Corporation, Mid -Tex Division's Application for an Interim Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program Adjustment for Calendar Year 2005. (First Reading) Department: Administration Staff Person: David Kautz, Assistant City Manager/CFO Steve Sheets, City Attorney Justification: Atmos filed for a $12 million interim GRIP adjustment on March 31, 2006. On May 31, 2006 Atmos filed a general rate case with the City Secretary for $72 million, including $12 million for the interim GRIP adjustment. The Texas Legislature authorized interim GRIP adjustments between general rate cases. The GRIP statute was never intended to permit a request for an interim adjustment while a general rate case was pending. Further, the City instituted a show cause proceeding pursuant to GURA § 104.151. Under that statute the City has the authority to dismiss the pending interim GRIP adjustment request. Funding: Cost: N/A Source of funds: N/A Outside Resources: Jim Boyle, Attorney Background Information: Under Texas law Atmos may request GRIP only if it has had its rates set as part of a general rate case within two years prior to making the request for an interim GRIP adjustment. Atmos Mid -Tex did not exist before October 2004. It has never had its rates set as part of a general rate case. While it is true that TXU Gas had its rates set in 2004, Atmos Mid -Tex has never undergone such a review. Public Comment: N/A