15-Proposed rate changes with Atmos Energy

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Attachment A ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION MID-TEX DIVISION REVISION NO: 0 RIDER: CEE - CONSERVATION & ENERGY EFFICIENCY APPLICABLE T0: Ail Cities except Dallas EFFECTIVE DATE: Bills Rendered on or atter 81112008 PAGE: 84 Purpose Atmos Energy Mid-Tex is proposing to institute a complete Conservation & Energy Efficiency program which will offer assistance to qualified customer segments in reducing energy consumption and lowering energy utility bills. The proposal is one where Atmos Energy shareholders will fund a percentage of the allowable expenses incurred annually, with a customer rate component providing the remainder of the funding. Following is a high-level, concept summary of the proposal. Atmos Energy Mid-Tex Division proposes to work with the communities it serves to develop the detaits of a new tariff and programs addressing conservation and energy efficiency. Svnopsis: Voucher system to provide free energy savings materials and supplies to qualifying customers of Atmos Mid-Tex. Qualified Customers will receive up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) worth of caulking, weather-stripping, sheathing, sealing, water heater blankets, related gas plumbing, and like materials, other energy saving devices such as clock-thermostats, set-back devices ("covered items") from approved suppliers / retailers including necessary labor. Company will undertake efforts to enlist support from community groups, including its own Employee Action Program, to assist customers with installation. If it is determined that professional installation capabilities are necessary, the parties will agree on labor assistance amounts. Eli ibili Low Income - Low-income rate-payers that qualify for heating bill assistance through LIHEAP and other government energy efficiency program agencies and all agencies that distribute Atmos "Share the Warmth" funds. Agencies that allocate assistance funds denote customer as Low Income, a status that lasts for one year. Senior Citizen - Primary account holder can request eligibility through ATM call center or web-site. Customer provides primary SSN which is verified through Social Security Administration. And account holder that is or turns 65 years old in that year becomes eligible. Fundin Initial annual program funding will be at two million dollars ($2,000,000). Atmos Energy shareholders will contribute one million doltars ($1,000,000.00) to this initiative annually with ratepayers providing one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per year. It is proposed that the program operate on an October 1 through September 30 year, with regulatory asseUliability accounting employed by Atmos to track the difference between program funding and qualifying program expenditures. No Atmos employee labor will be charged as a program expenditure. Administration: A third-party administrator will coordinate qualiflcation of customers, voucher distribution, subsequent verification and reimbursement of eligible expenditures and general program administration. Program administration expenses will be funded from the annual approved budget. Issued By: David J. Park Vice President, Rates and Regulatory Affairs Date Issued: - - - -145