TX · gas · OS-23-00013504
Closed case·Complete·Authorized
The rate case is complete. The settlement resolved the revenue increase but did not state an authorized ROE, common-equity ratio, or total rate base.
The Railroad Commission approved a system-wide settlement authorizing a $5.5 million annual revenue increase, reduced from SiEnergy's $9.7 million request.
Sep 19, 2023
Not scheduled
Case stage
complete
Filed
Not recorded
Testimony
Not recorded
Hearings
Not recorded
Briefing
Not recorded
Decision
Sep 19, 2023
Rates effective
Current stage
State rules
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 ↗Commission decision
Utility request and Commission-authorized outcome.
| Metric | Utility request | Authorized outcome | Like-for-like difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual revenue increase | $9.69M Annual utility request | $5.5M Commission-approved settlement annual revenue increase · Sep 19, 2023 | — Not compared: scope differ |
| Rate base | Not available Not captured in current case sources | Not specified The approved SiEnergy black-box settlement does not state total authorized rate base. · Oct 14, 2023 | — |
| Return on equity | Not available Not captured in current case sources | Not specified The approved SiEnergy black-box settlement does not state an authorized ROE. · Oct 14, 2023 | — |
| Common equity ratio | Not available Not captured in current case sources | Not specified The approved SiEnergy black-box settlement does not state an authorized common-equity ratio. · Oct 14, 2023 | — |
| Residential bill impact | Not available Not captured in current case sources | Not available Authorized value not captured | — |
1 event · 2 documents · 3 citations
Material filings, hearings, orders, and effective dates.
Sep 19, 2023
Commission entered the final order approving the unanimous settlement
official commission · completed
Docket and evidence documents linked to this proceeding.
Railroad Commission final order in SiEnergy OS-23-00013504
evidence · direct · Sep 19, 2023
Proposal for Decision in SiEnergy OS-23-00013504
evidence · direct · Sep 6, 2023
Field-level excerpts and review metadata supporting material facts.
Railroad Commission final order in SiEnergy OS-23-00013504
commission final order · Sep 19, 2023
Railroad Commission final order in SiEnergy OS-23-00013504
commission final order · Sep 19, 2023
Proposal for Decision in SiEnergy OS-23-00013504
recommended decision · Sep 6, 2023
Stage-preserving economics and party positions as published in the canonical record.
| Metric | Stage | Party | Period | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual revenue change | authorized | party-commission | — | $5.5M | |
| Annual revenue change | utility request | SiEnergy, LP | — | $9.69M | |
| Common equity ratio | authorized | Railroad Commission of Texas | — | Not specified | |
| Rate base | authorized | Railroad Commission of Texas | — | Not specified | |
| Return on equity | authorized | Railroad Commission of Texas | — | Not specified |