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ORDINANCENO. <br />----- <br />ANORDINANCE OFTHECITY COUNCIL OFTHECITY <br />OFPARIS,TEXAS APPROVING ANEGOTIATED <br />SETTLEMENTBETWEENTHEATMOSCITIES <br />STEERING COMMITTEE("ACSC")ANDATMOS <br />ENERGYCORP., MID-TEXDIVISIONREGARDINGTHE <br />COMPANY'S2019RATEREVIEWMECHANISMFILING; <br />DECLARINGEXISTINGRATESTOBEUNREASONABLE; <br />ADOPTINGTARIFFSTHATREFLECTRATE <br />ADJUSTMENTSCONSISTENTWITHTHENEGOTIATED <br />SETTLEMENT;FINDINGTHERATESTOBESETBYTHE <br />ATTACHEDSETTLEMENT TARIFFSTOBEJUSTAND <br />REASONABLEANDINTHEPUBLICINTEREST; <br />APPROVINGANATTACHEDEXHIBITESTABLISHINGA <br />BENCHMARKFORPENSIONSANDRETIREEMEDICAL <br />BENEFITS;APPROVINGANATTACHEDEXHIBIT <br />REGARDINGAMORTIZATIONOFREGULATORY <br />LIABILITY;REQUIRINGTHECOMPANYTOREIMBURSE <br />ACSC'SREASONABLERATEMAKINGEXPENSES; <br />DETERMININGTHATTHISORDINANCEWASPASSEDIN <br />ACCORDANCEWITHTHEREQUIREMENTSOFTHE <br />TEXASOPENMEETINGSACT;ADOPTINGASAVINGS <br />CLAUSE;DECLARINGANEFFECTIVEDATE;AND <br />REQUIRINGDELIVERYOFTHISORDINANCETO THE <br />COMPANYANDTHEACSC'SLEGALCOUNSEL. <br />WHEREAS,theCityof, Paris, Texas ("City")isagasutilitycustomerofAtmos <br />EnergyCorp.,Mid-TexDivision("AtmosMid-Tex"or"Company"),andaregulatoryauthority <br />withaninterestintheratesandchargesofAtmosMid-Tex;and <br />WHEREAS,theCityisamemberoftheAtmosCitiesSteeringCommittee("ACSC"),a <br />coalitionofsimilarly-situatedcitiesservedbyAtmosMid-Tex("ACSCCities")thathavejoined <br />togethertofacilitatethereviewof,andresponseto,naturalgasissuesaffectingrateschargedin <br />theAtmosMid-Texservicearea;and <br />WHEREAS,ACSCandtheCompanyworkedcollaborativelytodevelopanewRate <br />ReviewMechanism("RRM")tariffthatallowsforanexpeditedratereviewprocessbyACSC <br />CitiesasasubstitutetotheGasReliabilityInfrastructureProgram("GRIP")processinstitutedby <br /> 1 <br /> <br />