Consider action to approve a negotiated settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (ACSC) and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division. Consider action to adopt a Resolution approving a negotiated settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (ACSC) and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division regarding the Company’s 2026 Rate Review Mechanism (RRM) Filing, declaring existing rates un

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The City of Rowlett, along with 181 other Mid-Texas cities served by Atmos Energy Corporation, Mid-Tex Division (Atmos Mid-Tex or the Company), is a member of the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (ACSC). In 2007, ACSC and Atmos Mid-Tex settled a rate application filed by the Company pursuant to Section 104.301 of the Texas Utilities Code for an interim rate adjustment commonly referred to as a GRIP filing (arising out of the Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program legislation). That settlement created a substitute rate review process, referred to as the Rate Review Mechanism (RRM), which substitutes for future filings under the GRIP statute.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).