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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF MINING AND RECLAMATION PUBLIC NOTICE OF BLASTING OPERATIONS Notice is hereby given that Republic Energy LLC., 4101 Slate Dr., Scarbro, West Virginia 25917, telephone no. (304) 595-1870 permit number S-3025-00 situated in Cabin Creek District of Kanawha County approximately 4.0 miles northeast of Dorothy, will be conducting blasting activities in accordance with all State and Federal Laws and is approved by the Department of Environmental Protection. Blasting activities will occur Monday through Saturday from “sunrise to sunset”. No blasting shall be conducted on Sunday. Blasting is to commence on May 21, 2024 and continue through May 21, 2025. Ten minutes prior to and immediately after each blast, all access to the specific area will be safeguarded from unauthorized entry. The warning signal prior to each blast shall be from an air horn audible to at least one half mile from the blast. The warning will be given three (3) minutes prior to detonation and will consist of three (3) short blasts of five (5) seconds duration with five (5) seconds between each blast. The all clear signal shall be one long blast from an air horn of twenty (20) seconds duration. Blasting shall be conducted in such a way as to prevent adverse impacts to the public or the environment. Blasting activities will not be conducted at times other than those announced in the blasting schedule except in the event of an emergency situation where rain, lightening, or other atmospheric conditions, or operator or public safety requires unscheduled detonations. LC-173311 05-09;2024

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON CASE NO. 24-0414-G-390P UNION OIL & GAS, INC. Reconciliation of 2023 Infrastructure and Replacement and Expansion Program (IREP) and Rate Adjustment NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING On April 30, 2024, Union Oil & Gas, Inc. (Union) filed an Application for approval of an Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program (IREP) Rate Adjustment under the provisions of W.Va. Code 24-2-1k, 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, Union proposes to reconcile the volumetric base rate component of its rates in conjunction with its investment with actual levels of investments, costs, and associated revenues beginning August 2022 and ending July 2023. The project is complete and Union is not proposing any future investment at this time. This Application is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. Union 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 September 28, 2024. Union 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 September 28, 2024, as follows: Residential (4 mcf usage) ($) INCREASE $ 0.31 (%) INCREASE 0.61% Commercial (21 mcf usage) ($) INCREASE $ 1.65 (%) INCREASE 0.77% Public Authority (30 mcf usage) ($) INCREASE $ 2.35 (%) INCREASE 0.79% Transportation (1,052 mcf usage) ($) INCREASE $44.70 (%) INCREASE 1.26% 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 scheduled an evidentiary hearing on the Application if necessary, that will begin at 9:30 a.m., on July 18, 2024, in Hearing Room No. 2, at the Commission offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, 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’s 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:/www.psc.state.wv.us cripts nlinecomments-efault.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link. UNION OIL & GAS, INC. LH-173345 05-09;2024

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