CASE NO. 23-0280-G-42T
MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY,
a public utility, Charleston, Kanawha County
Rule 42T application to increase rates and charges
NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING AND
EVIDENTIARY HEARING
On March 6, 2023, Mountaineer Gas Company (Mountaineer) made a Rule 42 tariff filing to increase gas rates and charges seeking approximately, an additional $19.74 million in annual revenue, or an approximate 6.08 percent increase on a total-company basis over current rates for furnishing natural gas service to approximately 218,000 customers in Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming Counties in West Virginia.
Mountaineer proposed the following increased rates and charges:
($) 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%
By Order issued March 31, 2023, the Commission suspended proposed increased rates and charges until Monday, January 1, 2024.
The Commission will conduct a public comment hearing and an evidentiary hearing in this matter. The public comment hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room, Public Service Commission Building, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
The evidentiary hearing in this matter will commence immediately after the public comment hearing, also in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room. Interested persons should be able to view the public comment hearing and evidentiary hearing via an internet livestream.
The Commission website,
www.psc.state.wv.us,
contains links to “Case Information,” “Submit a Comment,” and “Commission Webcast.” Written comments 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, P.O. Box 812, 201 Brooks St., Charleston, West Virginia 25323, or hand-delivered to the Public Service Commission.
Mountaineer Gas Compan
INT Aug. 31, 2023