TX · gas · OS-24-00017816
Closed case·Complete·Authorized
No case narrative is published.
Jan 29, 2025
Not scheduled
Case stage
complete
Filed
Not recorded
Testimony
Not recorded
Hearings
Not recorded
Briefing
Not recorded
Decision
Jan 29, 2025
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 | Not available Annual utility request | Not specified Total company rate-case request or Commission-authorized outcome · Jan 29, 2025 | — |
| Rate base | Not available Not captured in current case sources | Not specified The approved West Texas Gas Utility settlement does not state total authorized rate base. · Feb 23, 2025 | — |
| Return on equity | Not specified Total company rate-case request or Commission-authorized outcome · Jan 29, 2025 | 9.4% West Texas Gas Utility authorized return on common equity under the OS-24-00017816 final order. · Feb 23, 2025 | — Not compared: scope differ |
| Common equity ratio | Not available Not captured in current case sources | 59% West Texas Gas Utility authorized common-equity weight in total capitalization under the OS-24-00017816 final order. · Feb 23, 2025 | — |
| Residential bill impact | Not available Not captured in current case sources | Not available Authorized value not captured | — |
1 event · 1 document · 2 citations
Material filings, hearings, orders, and effective dates.
Jan 29, 2025
Commission entered the final order approving the settlement
official commission · completed
Docket and evidence documents linked to this proceeding.
Railroad Commission final order in West Texas Gas Utility OS-24-00017816
evidence · direct · Jan 29, 2025
Field-level excerpts and review metadata supporting material facts.
Railroad Commission final order in West Texas Gas Utility OS-24-00017816
commission final order · Jan 29, 2025
Railroad Commission final order in West Texas Gas Utility OS-24-00017816
commission final order · Jan 29, 2025
Stage-preserving economics and party positions as published in the canonical record.
| Metric | Stage | Party | Period | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual revenue change | authorized | party-commission | — | Not specified | |
| Annual revenue change | utility request | West Texas Gas Utility, LLC | — | Not specified | |
| Return on equity | utility request | West Texas Gas Utility, LLC | — | Not specified | |
| Common equity ratio | authorized | Railroad Commission of Texas | — | 59% | |
| Rate base | authorized | Railroad Commission of Texas | — | Not specified | |
| Return on equity | authorized | Railroad Commission of Texas | — | 9.4% |