Tyler

Public Notice

Tariff Form No. 8
(RULE 23)

PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES WITH
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATES

NOTICE is hereby given that Mountaineer Gas
Company, a public utility, has filed with the Public
Service Commission of West Virginia a tariff containing
a requested increase in rates and charges for furnishing
natural gas service to approximately 218,000 customers
in Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell,
Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant,
Greenbrier, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson,
Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion,
Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo,
Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio,
Pendleton, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph,
Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur,
Wayne, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming Counties in
West Virginia.

The proposed increased rates and charges will become
effective Friday April 5, 2023, unless otherwise ordered
by the Public Service Commission, and will produce, on
a total Company basis, $19,740,000 annually in
additional revenues, or an overall average increase in
revenues of approximately 6.08%. The $19,740,000
consists of an increase in base rates of $37,649,000
and a decrease in the Company’s Investment
Replacement and Expansion Program (“IREP”) of
$17,909,000. The average monthly bill for the various
classes of customers will be changed as follows:

($) INCREASE (%) INCREASE
Residential $7.08 %7.85
Commercial $10.26 %2.68
Large Commercial $747.47 %0.70
Industrial $293.54 %0.40
Resale $100.00 %1.70
Other $ – % –

This increase incorporates the rate impact of the
cumulative investment under the IREP that was placed
into service as of December 31, 2022. As a result, the
Company proposes to reduce the IREP component of
its rates relating to that investment when the new base
rates go into effect.

Resale customers of Mountaineer Gas Company
include Canaan Valley Gas Company, Consumers Gas
Utility Company, Cardinal Natural Gas Company, Hope
Gas, Inc., Megan Oil and Gas, City of Philippi and
Southern Public Service Company. 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 intervene and act as a part in the
case should file on or before June 5, 2023 a Petition to
Intervene complying with the Commission rules on
intervention in the Rules of Practice and Procedure, 150
C.S.R.1, unless otherwise modified by Commission
order. Anyone desiring to protest should file a written
protest as soon as possible, although protests will be
accepted by the Commission through the pendency of
this proceeding. All written protest should briefly state
the reason for the protest. All protest and Petitions to
Intervene should clearly state the case name and
number and the addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive
Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia,
P.O. Box 812, Charleston West Virginia 25323.

A complete copy of the Company’s tariff proposals and
a representative of the Company to provide information
concerning this tariff are available to all customers,
prospective customers or their agents at the following
office of the Company:

501 56th Street SE, Charleston, WV 25304

A copy of this tariff is also available for public inspection
at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public
Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston,
West Virginia 25301.

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