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48065 4 970629 II II 1 III II 1 1 II II 1 1 II Control Number: 48065 MINEllillifiEll Item Number: 4 Addendum StartPage: 0 PUC DOCKET NO. 48065 r , • , fluttrFt 21 AM I I : 53 APPLICATION OF CENTERPOINT PUBLIC UTILITY COM1VIISSION FuEILIc ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC FILING CLERK TO REVISE ITS WHOLESALE OF TEXAS TRANSMISSION RATES APPROVED IN DOCKET NO. 47610 PURSUANT TO 16 TEX. ADMIN. CODE § 25.192(h) AFFIDAVIT OF VERNETTA A. SHOWERS Before me, the undersigned notary public, this day personally appeared Vernetta A. Showers to me known, who being duly sworn according to the law deposes and says: My name is Vernetta A. Showers. I am of legal age and a resident of the State of Texas. I am employed by CenterPoint Energy as Regulatory Compliance Analyst. I have first-hand knowledge of the steps taken by CenterPoint Energy to provide notice to affected persons in connection with the application of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC in Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission") Docket No. 48065 On the same day that such application was filed in Docket No. 48065 at the Commission, CenterPoint Energy mailed notice through first class mail to every distribution service provider (DSP") listed in the matrix adopted by the Commission in P.U.C. Docket No. 46604, Commission Staffs Application to Set 2017 Wholesale Transmission Service Charges for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. In addition, CenterPoint Energy also mailed notice by first class mail on the same day as the application was filed to the parties in Docket No. 38339, Application of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC for Authority to Change Rates. A representative copy of the notice is attached to this affidavit as Attachment A. The list of DSP's in Docket No. 46604 to whom the notice was mailed is attached as 1 Attachment B. The list of the parties in Docket Nos. 38339 to whom the notice was mailed is attached as Attachment C. A copy of the CenterPoint Energy's application is also available for inspection at the offices of CenterPoint Energy at 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002 and 1005 Congress Avenue, Suite 650, Austin, Texas 78701. The application is also available for viewing on the Filing Interchange on the Public Utility Commission's website at http://www.puc. state.tx. us . d Verhetta A. Showers Subscribed and swom before me on this 05i-day of February, 2018. PANDY LMNGSTON Pcnd Notary Public, State of Texa.s Notary Publ in an for Harri County, Texas My Comrnission Expires 03-21-2018 My Commission expires on: —c2 cPO) g 2 Attachment A NOTICE OF RATE CH.ANGE REQUEST On February 16, 2018 CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC (CenterPoint Energy") filed its Application to revise its Wholesale Transmission Rates approved in Docket No. 47610 on November 9, 2017. CenterPoint Energy's Application seeks an interim adjustment to the previously approved transmission cost of service and wholesale transmission rate to reflect a reduction in the federal income tax rate from 35% to 21%, a reduction in transmission rate base for the estimated Excess Deferred Federal Income Tax (EDFIT) attributable to the change in Accumulated Deferred Federal Income Tax related to all incremental transmission plant investments added since the last rate case in Docket No. 38339 and the inclusion of amortized transmission plant EDFIT related to protected property, plant and equipment using the Average Rate Assumption Method (ARAM). If approved, the total transmission rate base interim decrease will be $101,658,253 with a total revenue requirement interim decrease of $41,647,895 from the approved amounts in Docket No. 47610 of $389,483,333 to $347,835,438 and a revised interim wholesale transmission rate of $5,138.64 per MW from the previously approved $5,753.91 per MW. The proposed interim revenue requirement decrease represents an approximate 10.7% decrease in CenterPoint Energy s wholesale transmission revenue requirement approved in Docket No. 47610. CenterPoint Energy has requested an effective date for the interim wholesale transmission rate of March 23, 2018. Because the Application requests a revision to CenterPoint Energy's wholesale transmission rate to reflect those changes noted above, affected customers include all distribution service providers who pay wholesale transmission charges pursuant to the Substantive Rules of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. A complete copy of CenterPoint Energy's Application to revise its TCOS from Docket No. 47610 is available for inspection at 1111 Louisiana, Houston Texas, 77002. Persons who wish to intervene in or comment upon these proceedings should notify the Public Utility Commission of Texas as soon as possible, as an intervention deadline will be imposed. A request to intervene or request for further information should be made to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326 and reference Docket No. 48065. Further information may also be obtained by calling the Public Utility Commission of Texas at (512) 936-7120 or (888) 782-8477. Hearing-and-speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. CenterPoint Energy has requested an intervention deadline of 21 days after the filing of the application. If CenterPoint Energy's request is granted, the intervention deadline will be March 9, 2018. CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC 3 tA I I t1Lirl IVI MN I D Page 1 of 8 AEP TEXAS CENTRAL DIVISION / AEP TEXAS NORTH AUSTIN ENERGY DIVISION. PO BOX 1088 400 WEST 15TH STREET, SUITE 1500 AUSTIN, TX 78767 AUSTIN, TX 78701 BANDERA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC BLUEBONNET ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC P 0 BOX 667 PO BOX 729 BANDERA, TX 78003-0667 BASTROP, TX 78602 BRAZOS ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE INC BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD 7616 BAGBY AVENUE P 0 BOX 3270 WACO, TX 76712 BROWNSVILLE, TX 78523 BRYAN TEXAS UTILITIES CENTRAL TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC P 0 BOX 1000 P 0 BOX 553 BRYAN, TX 77805 FREDERICKSBURG, TX 78624-0553 CHEROKEE COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CITY OF BARTLET ASSOCIATION P 0 DRAWER H P 0 BOX 257 BARTLETT, TX 76511 RUSK, TX 75785-0257 CITY OF BASTROP CITY OF BELLVILLE P 0 BOX 427 30 SOUTH HOLLAND BASTROP, TX 78602 BELLVILLE, TX 77418-2129 CITY OF BOERNE CITY OF BRADY P 0 BOX 1677 P 0 BOX 351 BOERNE, TX 78006 BRADY, TX 76825 4 /A I I /Al...0-111/1E1N I D Page 2 of 8 CITY OF BRENHAM CITY OF BRIDGEPORT P 0 BOX 1059 812 HALSELL STREET BRENHAM, TX 77834-1059 BRIDGEPORT, TX 76426 CITY OF BURNET CITY OF COLEMAN 127 E JACKSON STREET 200 W LIVEOAK BURNET, TX 78611 COLEMAN, TX 76834 CITY OF COLLEGE STATION CITY OF CUERO P 0 BOX 9960 P 0 BOX 660 COLLEGE STATION, TX 77842 CUERO, TX 77954 CITY OF FARMERSVILLE CITY OF FLATONIA 205 S MAIN STREET P 0 BOX 329 FARMERSVILLE, TX 75442 FLATONIA, TX 78941 CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG CITY OF GEORGETOWN 126 WEST MAIN STREET 113 EAST 8TH STREET FREDERICKSBURG, TX 78624 GEORGETOWN, TX 78626 CITY OF GIDDINGS CITY OF GOLDSMITH 118 E RICHMOND STREET P 0 BOX 629 GIDDINGS, TX 78942 GOLDSMITH, TX 79741-0629 CITY OF GOLDTHWAITE CITY OF GONZALES P 0 BOX 450 P 0 BOX 547 GOLDTHWAITE, TX 76844 GONZALES, TX 78629 5 frk i i rkurilvInIN I D Page 3 of 8 CITY OF HALLETTSVILLE CITY OF HEARNE 101 N MAIN STREET 210 CEDAR ST., BLDG B HALLETTSVILLE, TX 77964 HEARNE, TX 77859 CITY OF HEPSTEAD CITY OF LAMPASAS 1125 AUSTIN STREET 312 EAST THIRD STREET HEMPSTEAD, TX 77445 LAMPASAS, TX 76550 CITY OF LEXINGTON CITY OF LLANO PO BOX 56 301 W MAIN STREET LEXINGTON, TX 78947 LLANO, TX 78643 CITY OF LOCKHART CITY OF LULING P 0 BOX 239 509 E CROCKETT STREET LOCKHART, TX 78644 LULING, TX 78648 CITY OF MASON CITY OF MOULTON 124 MOODY STREET BOX 369 MASON, TX 76856 MOULTON, TX 77975 CITY OF SAN SABA CITY OF SANGER P 0 BOX 788 P 0 BOX 578 SAN SABA, TX 76877-0788 SANGER, TX 76266 CITY OF SCHULENBURG CITY OF SEGUIN P 0 BOX 8 P 0 BOX 591 SCHULENBURG, TX 78956 SEGUIN, TX 78156 6 t1 I I frkk...,111VICIN I D Page 4 of 8 CITY OF SEYMOUR CITY OF SHINER P 0 BOX 31 P 0 BOX 308 SEYMOUR, TX 76380 SHINER, TX 77984 CITY OF SMITHVILLE CITY OF WAELDER P 0 BOX 449 P 0 BOX 427 SMITHVILLE, TX 78957 WAELDER, TX 78959 CITY OF WEATHERFORD CITY OF WEIMAR PO BOX 255 P 0 BOX 67 WEATHERFORD, TX 76086 WEIMAR, TX 78962 CITY OF YOAKUM CROSS TEXAS TRANSMISSION LLC P 0 BOX 738 1122 S. 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