Tyler

Public Notice

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON

CASE NO. 23-0654-G-390P

MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY
Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program
Filing for 2024

NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING

On July 31, 2023, Mountaineer Gas Company
(Mountaineer) filed its annual Application for approval of
an Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program
for 2024 (2024 IREP) with revised IREP rates for 2024,
pursuant to W. Va. Code ยง 24-2-1k, which authorizes
the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to
approve cost recovery of projects to replace, upgrade
and expand natural gas utility infrastructure that are
deemed to be just and reasonable and in the public
interest.

In its Application, Mountaineer forecasts capital
investment for calendar year 2024 of $67 million as part
of its multi-year plan. The 2024 IREP covers several
categories of plant asset replacements and
improvements, including mains, service lines,
measurement and regulator stations, and house
regulators. These plant investments are proposed to be
made in Mountaineer service territories throughout the
State. These investments are identified in the
Application, which is on file and available for public
inspection at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks
Street, Charleston, West Virginia and which may be
viewed on the Commission’s website,
www.psc.state.wv.us .

Mountaineer proposes to recover costs associated with
these investments through an additional increment
within the fixed or volumetric base rate component of its
rates, depending on the applicable rate schedule under
which service is rendered, to be effective on January 1,
2024. As a part of Mountaineer’s pending general base
rate proceeding, Case No. 23-0280-G-42T, IREP
investment made prior to January 1, 2023, will be
moved into new base rates to take effect on January 1,
2024. Mountaineer projects that if the program and
increased rates are approved as requested, the average
monthly bill for its various classes of customers will be
changed on January 1, 2024 as shown below:

Mountaineer Gas Proposed
Type of Customer $ Increase % Increase
Residential $ 1.93 1.96%
Commercial $ 5.26 1.33%
Large Commercial (*) $ 272.07 0.45%
Industrial (*) $ 363.56 0.47%
Resale $31.49 0.29%

(*) Increases for Large Commercial and Industrial
customers assume transport customers purchase their
natural gas at the same price as the Company’s
Purchased Gas Adjustment rate.

The increases shown above are compared to the rates
currently in place and are based on averages of all
customers in the indicated class. 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 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 in rates and charges will not become
effective until authorized and approved by the Public
Service Commission.

The Commission set a procedural schedule, including a
hearing date on the Application, if necessary, that will
begin at 9:30 a.m. on November 27, 2023, continuing on
November 28, 2023, if necessary, in the Howard M.
Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission’s offices
at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. If no
opposition to the Application is received by the
Commission within one week of the hearing date, the
hearing may be waived and the Commission may issue
a final order within 150 days of the Application filing
date.

Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written
petition to intervene within 20 days following the date of
this publication unless otherwise modified by
Commission order. All requests to intervene should
briefly state the reason for the request to intervene and
comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure . The
Commission will receive public comments until the
beginning of the hearing. All written comments and
requests to intervene should state the case name and
number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive
Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia
25323. Public comments may also be filed online at
http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/onlinecomments/
default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.

MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY

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