The City Council adopted an ordinance Monday approving a rate increase for Atmos Gas, effective for bills rendered after Dec. 1, 2021. Average monthly bills for residential customers will increase by $1.28 (2.2 percent) and by around $4 for commercial customers (1.61 percent), generating $22.78 million in increased revenues for Atmos for recovery of dollars invested/spent in 2020 in serving the Mid-Tex division.
The increase, determined after a review by the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (ACSC), was less than what Atmos requested. ACSC cities, including Richardson, work together each year to address gas rate issues and share gas costs as part of an annual “Rate Review Mechanism” agreed upon by ACSC and Atmos Mid-Tex.
