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.
Sept 16, 23