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Woodbury council adopts ordinance exempting agricultural grain dryer from CenterPoint franchise fee
Summary
After a public hearing, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2077 to exempt agricultural grain-dryer customers from a CenterPoint Energy franchise fee schedule, effective Aug. 1, 2026, following required notice to the utility; staff said the exemption affects a single operation and would not change fee amounts otherwise.
The Woodbury City Council on April 22 unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2077, amending Chapter 9 (Franchises) to exempt agricultural grain-dryer customers from a CenterPoint Energy franchise fee in Schedule A.
City staff said the exemption responds to a change in CenterPoint’s tariff that transformed an annual fee for a single grain-dryer operation from roughly $90 to more than $1,000 by making that tariff charge apply year-round. Angela Gorrell of…
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