PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 22-0509-G-390P
CARDINAL NATURAL GAS COMPANY SOUTHERN DIVISION
Surcharge on Infrastructure Improvements.
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On June 1, 2022, Cardinal Natural Gas Company Southern Division (Cardinal) filed an Application for approval of an Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program (IREP) Rate Adjustment under the provisions of W.Va. Code ยง24-2-1k, which authorizes the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to approve expedited cost recovery of projects to replace, upgrade and expand natural gas utility infrastructure that are deemed to be just, reasonable and in the public interest.
In its Application, Cardinal proposes to invest an additional $2.3 million to replace existing infrastructure and thereby improve system reliability and safety. This Application is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
Cardinal proposes to recover costs associated with this investment through an additional increment within the volumetric base rate component of its rates, to be effective on November 1, 2022. A true-up adjustment will align the recovery increment to actual costs. Cardinal projects that if the program and rate increment adjustment are approved as requested, the average monthly bill for its various classes of customers will be changed on November 1, 2022, as follows:
($) INCREASE (%) INCREASE
Residential (8 Mcf usage) $7.10 6.12%
General Services 1 (10 Mcf usage) $7.55 5.54%
General Services 2 (94 Mcf usage) $46.56 4.41%
Interruptible Sales (179 Mcf usage) $74.29 4.17%
Interruptible Transportation (1,286 Mcf usage) $400.05 10.29%
The increases shown above are compared to the rates currently in place and are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Each class may receive an increase greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average.
The Commission has scheduled an evidentiary hearing on the Application, if necessary, that will begin at 11:00 a.m., on August 18, 2022, in the Municipal Board Room, Bluefield Municipal City Hall, 200 Rogers Street, Bluefield, West Virginia. If no opposition to the application is received by the Commission within one week of the hearing date, the hearing may be waived and the Commission may issue a final order within 150 days of the Application filing date.
Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written petition to intervene within twenty days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission order. All requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the request to intervene and comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Commission will receive public comments until the beginning of the hearing. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public comments may also be filed online at http://wvvw.psc.state.wv.us/scriptstonlinecomments/default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.
CARDINAL NATURAL GAS COMPANY
ID: 615102