Richardson residents who receive natural gas services from Atmos Energy will see increased rates starting in October.
Richardson City Council unanimously approved a negotiated settlement with Atmos Energy on Sept. 28 that allows the company to raise rates for both residential and commercial customers.
What you need to know
Per city documents, Atmos filed a request in April to increase systemwide rates to recover costs for infrastructure investments made in 2025.
Under the new rate plan, the average monthly bill for a residential Atmos customer will increase from $94.48 to $107.85, an increase of about 14%.
The average monthly commercial bill will increase from $452.95 to $497.75, an almost 10% increase.
According to city documents, the residential increase is larger than the commercial increase because residential customers “make up the largest customer group and collectively require more meters, service lines and related infrastructure.”
The increased rates took effect Oct. 1.
How we got here
Richardson is one of 190 member cities on the Atmos Cities Steering Committee, which reviewed and negotiated Atmos Energy’s requested rate increase.
The corporation initially requested a systemwide rate increase that would total $398.5 million, but the steering committee determined that a lower rate increase would be adequate. The negotiated settlement, which Richardson council approved, totaled a $356.5 million systemwide increase.
City documents noted that Atmos invested over $1.8 billion in infrastructure surveys, pipe and service line replacements and other work in 2025, including $12.5 million in capital improvements in the city of Richardson.
