CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS

CenterPoint GRIP

Consider a Resolution suspending for 45 days the effective date proposed by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., South Texas Division (“CenterPoint”) in its application filed on or about March 28, 2019 pursuant to section 104.301 of the Gas Utility Regulatory Act. ~ Jerry Hendrix, Chief of Staff

The Texas Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program (GRIP) is an interim rate adjustment allowed by Texas Statute (Texas Utilities Code §104.301) that allows utilities to recover their costs related to additional invested capital without filing a full rate case.

The costs of the infrastructure investments is spread across all customers in the South Texas Division service area. This service area includes 84 cities and includes Kyle, Buda, San Marcos, and Austin. A complete list of cities in the Houston region is included in the attached FAQ.

The current customer charge for residential customers is $19.00 per month. The rate increase for residential customers will be $2.04 per month, raising the residential customer charge to $21.04 per month. The rate increases for each customer class are included in the attached FAQ.

For the City of Kyle, the January 2019 counts are as follows:

• 8,860 Residential
• 472 Commercial
• 3 General Service-Large Volume