NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE
PURCHASED GAS RATES
Notice is hereby given that Peoples Gas WV LLC, a
public utility, has filed with the Public Service
Commission of West Virginia, an application containing
increased purchased gas rates for furnishing natural gas
service to 12,837 customers in the Counties of
Northwestern Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Doddridge,
Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia,
Ritchie, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, and Wetzel.
The proposed increased rates will become effective
November 1, 2021 unless otherwise ordered by the
Public Service Commission and will produce
approximately $1,157,938 annually in increased
revenue, an increase of 8.7%. The average monthly bill
for the various classes of customers will be changed as
follows:
($) Increase (%) Increase
Residential $5.85 8.5%
Commercial $25.93 9.3%
Industrial $95.62 9.7%
The increases shown are based on averages of all
customers in the indicated class. Each class may
receive an increase or decrease greater or less than
stated here. Individual customers may receive increases
that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the
requested increased rates and charges are only a
proposal and are subject to change (increases or
decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its
review of this filing. Any increase in rates and charges
will not become effective until authorized and approved
by the Public Service Commission. (If a hearing is
conducted, notice will be given of the time and place of
hearing.)
A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a
representative of the Company to provide any
information requested concerning it, is available to all
customers, prospective customers, or their agents at
any of the following offices of the Company: 1200 Bottle
Works Ave, Fairmont, WV 26554.
A copy of the proposed rates is available for public
inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the
Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia.
The 30-C procedure is designed to provide a procedure
for changing rates charged to customers by natural gas
distribution utilities based exclusively on the cost of
purchased gas. Consequently, protest should be limited
to the reasonableness of such costs and the method by
which they are calculated. Anyone desiring to protest or
intervene should file a written protest or notice of
intervention within twenty-five (25) days following the
date of this publication unless otherwise modified by
Commission order. Failure to timely intervene can affect
your rights to protest any rate increases and to
participate in future proceedings. Requests to intervene
must comply with the Commission’s rules on
intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure. All protests and interventions
should be addressed to Executive Secretary, Public
Service Commission of West Virginia, PO Box 812,
Charleston, WV 25323.
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