PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST
VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 25-0417-G-42T
HOPE GAS, INC.,
Rule 42T application to increase rates and charges
NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND EVIDENTIARY HEARING
Notice is hereby given that Hope Gas, Inc. (the
Company), a public utility, has filed with the Public
Service Commission Of West Virginia, a tariff
containing increased rates, tolls and charges for
furnishing natural gas service to all of its customers at
various locations in the Counties of Barbour, Boone,
Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette,
Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln,
Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer,
Mingo, Monongalia, Nicholas, Pleasants, Preston,
Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane,
Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wetzel, Wirt,
Wood and Wyoming. If approved, the proposed
increased rates and charges would produce
approximately $79.6 million annually in additional
revenue, an increase of 40.95%. The average monthly
bill for the various classes of customers was noticed
to customers by the Company in newspapers
published in the counties in which it serves its
customers and in customer bill inserts.
The Commission suspended the effective date of the
proposed rates and the use of any new rates and
charges are deferred through the end of the day,
February 24, 2026, by Order dated May 23, 2025. If
new rates and charges are adopted by the Commission,
those rates and charges will go into effect on February
25, 2026. The Public Service Commission will conduct
a virtual and in-person public comment hearing in this
matter on November 3, 2025, beginning at 6:00
p.m. The Commission will conduct an evidentiary
hearing beginning at 9:30 a.m. on November 4, 2025,
and continuing through November 6, 2025, if
necessary, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing
Room at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks
Street, Charleston, West Virginia. Anyone desiring to
intervene should file a petition to intervene by
June 30, 2025.
The November 3, 2025, public comment hearing will
be held in person and virtually, allowing for interested
persons to make a comment either telephonically,
through the Microsoft Teams application from the
internet, or in person at the Commission
headquarters at 201 Brooks Streets, Charleston, WV.
Interested persons intending to make a virtual public
comment should register with the Commission by 4:00
p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025. Registration may
be made by any of the following methods:
(1) Through the Commission’s website,
http://www.psc.state.wv.us;
(2) By calling 304-340-0822 (Alexis Weimer) or
304-340-0820 (Andrew Gallagher); or
(3) By emailing [email protected] or
[email protected].
The link for the Microsoft Teams meeting will also be in
a future press release from the Commission.
Registered individuals may congregate at one location
to use a single Microsoft Teams link.
Interested persons wishing to comment in person at the
public comment hearing should attend and sign up to
speak prior to 6:00 p . m. on November 3, 2025, at
the Public Service Commission, Howard M.
Cunningham Hearing Room, 201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia.
As an alternative to speaking at the public comment hearing, written comments regarding this case may be submitted by mail or hand delivery to Executive
Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323 or online at http : //www.psc.state.wv.us by clicking on “Submit A Comment” in the left column and following the directions provided. All written
comments should be marked as pertaining to Case No. 25-0417 G-42T. Interested persons should monitor the Commission’s web docket and website because the public comment or evidentiary hearing may be
cancelled or changed for good cause.
HOPE GAS, INC.
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