14 - Adoption of New Atmos Rate Review Mechanism

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ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION MID-TEX DIVISION APPLICABLE TO: ALL CITIES Irl TAE MIDDIVISION AS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A TO THIS RATE SCHEDULE ............... . . . . . . . ........................ . . . . . �AFPAG . ...... .. .... EFFECTIVE DiATE: Bills, Rendered on and after 04101/2018 E 3 and other pIN oyment benefits recovered in rates. TAX = income tax and taxes oth known and measurable the Filing Date, and pre approved in the Finial 0 for, including establishing change in tax expense th the calculation to ensure tax rates, er than income tax from the Test Period adjusted for c hangles occurring after the Test Period and before Dared consistent with the rate making treatments,d:er. Atmos Energy shall comprehensively account a regulatory Inability to account for,, any statutory at is appflcable to months during the Test Period in, recovery of tax expense under new and old inicome CD = interest on customer deposits. The Company shall provide schedules and work papers supporting the Filing's revenue deficiency/sufficiency calculations using the methodology accepted in the Final Order. The result shall be reflected in the proposed new rates to be established for the effective period, The Revenue Requirement will be apportioned to customer classes in the same imanner that Company's Revenue Requirement was apportioned in the Final Order. For the Residential Class, 50% of the increase may be recovered in the customer charge. However, the increase to the Residential customer charge shall not exceed $0.60 per month, in the initial filing and $0.70 per month in any subsequent year. The remainder of the Residential Class increase not collected in the customer charge will) be recovered in the usage charge. For all other classes, the, change in rates will be apportioned between the customer charge and the usage charge, consistent with thie Final Order. Test Period billing determinants shall be adjusted and normalized according to the methodology utilized in the Finial Order., OEM=. The Company shall file schedules annually with the regulatory authority having original jurisdiction over the Company's rates on or before the Filing Date, that support the proposedi rate adjustments, The schedules shall be in the same general format as the cost of service model and relied -upon files upon which the Final Order was based). A proof of rates and a copy of current and proposed tariffs shall also be included with the filing. The filing shall be made in electronic form where practical. The Company's filing shall conform to Minimum Filing Requirements (to be agreed upon by the parties), which willl contain a minimum amouint of information that will assist the, regulatory authority in its review and analysis of the filing. The Company anid regulatory authority will endeavor to holds a technical conference regarding the filing within twenty (201) calendar days after the Filing Date.