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Atmos West Texas — general rate case

Closed case·Complete·Unknown

Case summary

No case narrative is published.

Latest development
Final order issued

Apr 21, 2020

Next event
No scheduled event

Not scheduled

Case stage

Regulatory process

complete

  1. Filed

    Not recorded

  2. Testimony

    Not recorded

  3. Hearings

    Not recorded

  4. Briefing

    Not recorded

  5. Decision

    Apr 21, 2020

  6. Rates effective

    Current stage

State rules

Base-rate reviews and adjustment mechanisms in Texas

This docket is a full base-rate review. Selected charges can change on separate schedules without reopening every issue in this case.

Full base-rate review

Annual adjustment · full case within five years

A gas utility using the interim infrastructure adjustment files annually and must complete a comprehensive cost-of-service rate case by the fifth anniversary of its first adjustment.

Rate period: The comprehensive case resets the investment, return, depreciation, tax, and allocation benchmarks used by later interim adjustments.

Governing rule ↗

Between full reviews

Interim Rate Adjustment / GRIP

Annual

A gas utility may update base rates for incremental infrastructure without a full cost-of-service package. Annual filings and earnings monitoring continue until the required comprehensive review.

Governing source ↗

Purchased gas adjustment

Tariff-specific pass-through

Purchased-gas clauses pass the commodity cost of gas through to customers separately from the utility's distribution base rates, with the calculation and update process set in the approved tariff.

Governing source ↗
View the full Texas regulatory framework →

Current case economics

Economics

Filed request and any outcome captured in this docket.

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Annual revenue increase

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Rate base

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Return on equity

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Outcome not captured in current case sources

Common equity ratio

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Residential bill impact

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Outcome not captured in current case sources

Utility context

Prior authorizations, mechanism values, actuals, and company projections are shown separately because they are not default like-for-like case comparisons.

Common equity ratio

authorized · Atmos West Texas systemwide authorized equity layer; the approved debt/equity ratio is 39/61. · Sep 30, 2025

61%

Rate base

authorized · Atmos West Texas systemwide authorized rate base. · Sep 30, 2025

$1,231.65M

Return on equity

authorized · Atmos West Texas systemwide authorized return on equity. · Sep 30, 2025

9.8%

Full docket record

1 event · 1 document · 1 citation

View record
Last updated
Jul 14, 2026
Docket reviewed
Jul 14, 2026
Economics reviewed
Official documents
1
Evidence citations
1

Docket history

Material filings, hearings, orders, and effective dates.

  1. Apr 21, 2020

    Final order issued

    official commission · completed

Documents

Docket and evidence documents linked to this proceeding.

Texas RRC Gas Utility Docket 10900

evidence · primary · Apr 21, 2020

Open document ↗

Citations

Field-level excerpts and review metadata supporting material facts.

Texas RRC Gas Utility Docket 10900

commission filing · Apr 21, 2020

Raw observations

Stage-preserving economics and party positions as published in the canonical record.

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