City of Houston staff said CenterPoint's rate increase application, filed in December, would raise the average household’s bill by $1.83 per month.

CenterPoint previously reported the proposed rate increase would have added about $1.25 per month the the average residential bill for customers using 1,000 kWh.

The City Council unanimously denied the company’s request to raise rates. The company said the increase would help make improvements to “reliably deliver power.