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Sweetwater council adopts resolution denying Encore Electric rate increase
Summary
At its morning session the Sweetwater City Council passed a resolution finding Encore Electric Delivery Companies LLC's rate-change application should be denied and directed the company to reimburse the city’s reasonable rate-case expenses; the resolution was read into the record and approved by voice vote.
The Sweetwater City Council voted to adopt a resolution denying an application by Encore Electric Delivery Companies LLC to change rates within the city. The council moved, seconded and carried the resolution by voice vote; the presiding officer then read the resolution into the record.
The resolution states the city’s position that Encore Electric’s proposed rate change should be denied and that the company should reimburse the city’s reasonable rate-case expenses. The motion to consider and act on the resolution was introduced by an unnamed council member and seconded; no council members voiced opposition during the recorded vote.
City staff offered the resolution for council consideration and the presiding officer read its full text into the meeting minutes after the vote. The resolution also includes standard language confirming the meeting at which it was passed was open to the public and directing that notice of the resolution be provided to the company and the city's legal counsel.
The decision affects rate proceedings within the city and signals the council’s intent to contest Encore Electric’s application. The resolution does not itself set new rates; it reflects the city's formal posture in the regulatory process and includes a directive that the company reimburse reasonable rate-case expenses to the city.
The council’s action will be part of the administrative record used in the utility’s rate case. Further procedural steps — including any filings with the appropriate regulatory body, subsequent hearings, or timelines for reimbursement — were not specified in the meeting record.
