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The bill impact of the settlement on average residential and commercial customers will be as follows: Present Proposed Settlement Increase % Change Residential @ 5 Mcf Mo. $40.03 $41.84 $40.49 $0.46 1.15% Commercial @ 30 Mcf Mo. $208.31 $219.87 $208.36 $0.05 0.02% As shown by the proposed residential and commercial rates originally filed by the company, the average additional rate would have increased by $1.81 per month, but will only increase by $.46 per month as a result of the settlement, for a savings of $1.35 per month for the average residential customer and an annual savings of $16.20. For commercial customers, the rate originally proposed by the Company would have increased the average commercial bill by $11.56 per month, as opposed to the $.05 per month under the settlement, for a savings of $11.51 per month and $138.12 per year for the average commercial customer. The Company is in the process of consolidating more than 200 Lone Star distribution systems into six or seven regional distribution systems. This filing reflected consolidation of several old Lone Star systems. The Settlement results in common rates for each class of customers in all 121 affected cities. Overall percentage changes by city vary widely because of different existing rates (some existing rates are higher than the new rates requested by TXU and result in rate decreases) and different mixes of residential, commercial and industrial customers. No two Cities have the same percentage change, yet all residential, commercial and industrial customers will pay the same rate regardless of which of the 121 cities is called "home." A chart reflecting percentage changes for residential and commercial classes, with and without gas costs, for each of the 27 coalition cities is attached as Exhibit A. The 94 Cities that did not join the coalition are either very small or were disinterested because they would be entitled to a rate decrease, regardless of outcome. TXU proposed monthly customer charges of $8.00 for residential and $14.00 for commercial customers. The Cities' Settlement Committee directed that the customer charges be set at $7.00 and $12.00 respectively and that all other revenues be recovered through a volumetric charge. The new rates for residential and commercial customers will be: Residential Customer Charge All Consumption $7.00 $1.2108 per Mcf Commercial Customer Charge First 20 Mcf Next 30 Mcf Over 50 Mcf $12.00 ~ $1.2108 per Mcf ~ 0.9108 per Mcf ~ 0.7608 per Mcf