Corinth council pauses Encore Electric rate change request to allow regional review

The Corinth City Council on July 29, 2025, voted unanimously at a special session to adopt a resolution suspending the July 31, 2025, effective date of Encore Electric Delivery Company's requested rate changes for 90 days to allow a consortium of cities and a steering committee to review and attempt to negotiate the proposal. The meeting was at City Hall, 3300 Corinth Parkway.

City staff told the council the company’s request would raise residential bills by about $8 a day on average and that the proposed streetlight rate increase could raise the city’s annual streetlight costs from the $75,000 amount listed in the staff report to “closer to about $100,000.” Staff also described the streetlight component of the request as a roughly 51% increase. “This item represents a request by Encore Electric Delivery to increase residential rates for electricity, as well as the rates to our streetlight fees that we pay as a city each year,” said Mister Campbell, city staff. “As you saw on your staff report, that represents an increase to the average bill for residents of about $8 a day. And for the cities portion of that on the street lights, it could equate to I put $75,000 in the staff report. It's actually closer to about 100,000.”

The resolution suspends the company’s proposed July 31 effective date for 90 days, a delay the staff recommended “to give our consortium of cities and our steering committee time to review this and try to negotiate a more favorable rate,” Campbell said. The council moved the suspension by voice vote; the mayor called for the ayes and declared the vote unanimous.

Council discussion on the record was brief. A councilmember moved the resolution and a second was recorded before the unanimous voice vote. Staff apologized for not placing the item on the previous meeting agenda and said the recommended 90-day suspension follows the city’s prior practice when addressing similar utility rate requests.

The suspension does not change the underlying rate proposal from Encore Electric Delivery Company or bind the company to any particular outcome; it delays the proposed effective date while the consortium and steering committee review the request. The council did not set a separate date for further council action; the resolution is intended to pause the July 31 effective date for 90 days to permit regional review and negotiation.

The city’s steering committee and consortium of cities will review the filing and may pursue negotiations, interventions, or other actions available to municipal governments and their agents; the council did not specify further steps at the meeting.

With no additional business reported, the mayor adjourned the special session.