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COUNCIL MEETING 800 LaSalle Avenue <br /> � _CenterPoint.�, ��,N 2 3 2006 PO Box 59038 <br /> Jl Energy Minneapolis,MN 55459-0038 <br /> ';;I�"`l OF QRONO <br /> �January 5, 2006 <br /> � <br /> ,i� C�F <br /> ��,�,'- ��r� ✓L�� <br /> Mr. Ronald Moorse � �:�'�:. �� <br /> PO Box 66 :.;; �6' <br /> Orono, MN 55323-0066 `t�-,' <br /> 'F�„F <br /> Dear Mr. Moorse: <br /> On November 2, 2005, CenterPoint Energy filed to change its distribution rates. If approved by <br /> the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC), the new rates will increase the company's <br /> annual revenue by $40.9 million or 2.4 percent, and will increase the average residential customer's <br /> bill by about $3 per month. Interim (temporary) rates for all customer groups took effect January <br /> l, 2006 and will continue until the MPUC issues a final decision and the company implements its <br /> new rates in the fall of 2006. <br /> CenterPoint Energy requested new rates because its current ones do not recover the increased costs <br /> of distributing natural gas to more than 770,000 customers in over 240 communities. These cost <br /> increases are due primarily to rising natural gas prices, increasing capital investments and declining <br /> use per customer. <br /> State law requires CenterPoint Energy to distribute rate filing and public hearing notices to all <br /> counties and municipalities in the company's service area. Information about the public hearings <br /> will be provided to you after they are scheduled and will be advertised in the newspaper of record <br /> for each county seat in the company's service area and in the public hearing locations. <br /> Please contact me or visit the company's Web site ate www.CenterPointEnergy.com/ratecase for <br /> more information. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> ��i <br /> Connie Hargest <br /> Local Government Relations <br /> 612.321.4899 <br /> Enclosures <br />