Tariff Form No. 8
(Tariff Rule 10.1.a et seq.)
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES
WITH PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE
NOTICE is hereby given that Hope Gas, Inc., dba
Dominion Energy West Virginia (“DEWV” or the
“Company”), a public utility, has filed with the PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, revised
tariff sheets containing new terms and conditions for
furnishing gas service to approximately 112,000
customers within its service territories in 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
Counties, West Virginia.
DEWV is proposing the following new terms and
conditions for furnishing gas service:
¯ Revisions to Tariff Sheet No. 8 that require a landlord or rental agent to enter into an automatic transfer
agreement when new service is initiated to a rental
property.
¯ Revisions to Tariff Sheet No. 32 that require a
telemetering agreement for transportation service
customers, and provides that DEWV may install
telemetry at the customer’s expense.
¯ Removal of language in Tariff Sheet No. 36 that
authorizes DEWV to adjust a transportation customer’s
nominations if the customer fails to comply with a
transportation scheduling order.
¯ Revisions to Tariff Sheet No. 36 that require an
executed telemetering agreement to remain in effect
when a natural gas transportation customer returns to
sales service.
The Company provides resale service to the following
customers: Standard Gas Company, Consumers Gas
Utility Company, Cardinal Natural Gas Company –
Northern Division (Lumberport), Mountaineer Gas
Company, Southern Public Service Company, 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 class. Individual customers
may receive increases that are greater or less than
average. Furthermore, the requested 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 scheduled, notice will be
given of the time and place of hearing.)
Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a
written protest or petition to intervene prior to October 7,
2021 unless otherwise modified by Commission order.
Failure to timely protest or intervene can affect your
rights to protest any rate increases and to participate in
future proceedings. All protests or requests to intervene
should briefly state the reason for the protest or
intervention. 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 may be mailed and addressed to The
Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of
West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, 201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia 25323, or may be
hand-delivered. Protests may be filed on line through
the Commission website (www.psc.state.wv.us) using
the “Submit a Comment” link or may be mailed to the
Executive Secretary at the same address above.
A complete copy of this tariff, as well 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: Jo Carol Farmer, Director -Regulatory
and Pricing, 102 Cambridge Place, Bridgeport, WV
26330.
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.
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
WC 9/22 9/29 15014