Tariff Form No. 8-C
(Tariff Rule 14.2 et seq. (Historical Rule 30-C))
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES
UPON APPLICATION
NOTICE is hereby given that Hope Gas, Inc., dba
Dominion Energy West Virginia (the “Company”), a
public utility, has filed with the PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, an application
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, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison,
Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion,
Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Monongalia,
Nicholas, Pleasants, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh,
Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler,
Upshur, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming.
The proposed increased rates and charges will become
effective November 1, 2021, unless otherwise ordered
by the Public Service Commission and will increase
revenues approximately $6.3 million annually, an
increase of 6.01%. The average monthly bill for the
various classes of customers will be changed as
follows:
TYPE OF
CUSTOMER ($) INCREASE (%) INCREASE
Residential $3 5%
Commercial Various Various
Industrial Various Various
Resale $2,182 9%
Resale customers of the Company include Standard
Gas Co., Consumers Gas Utility Co., Cardinal Natural
Gas Company – Northern Division (Lumberport),
Mountaineer Gas Co., Southern Public Service Co.,
Cardinal Natural Gas Company – Northern Division
(Blacksville), and Peoples Gas WV LLC.
The increases shown are based on averages of all
customers in the indicated classes. Each class may
receive an increase 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 (increase or
decrease) by the Public Service Commission in its
review of this filing. Any increase or decrease in rates
and charges will not become effective until authorized
and approved by the Public Service Commission. (If
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 the
Bridgeport office of the Company, 102 Cambridge
Place, Bridgeport, West Virginia.
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 or 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 interventions must be
mailed or hand-delivered and be addressed to th
Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of
West Virginia, Post Office Box 812, Charleston, West
Virginia 25323, with copies to Brien J. Fricke, Dominion
Energy West Virginia, 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond,
VA 23219 and Kurt Krieger, Post Office Box 1588,
Charleston, WV 25326-1588. Protests may be filed
online through the Commission website using the
“Submit a Comment” link or may be mailed to the
Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of
West Virginia, Post Office Box 812, Charleston,
West Virginia 25323.
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