Marshall, Ohio

Public Notice

NOTICE

CASE NO. 19-0316-G-42T

MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY,
a public utility, Charleston, Kanawha County,
Rule 42T application to increase rates and charges.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF REQUESTED RATES AND DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTION

On March 6. 2019, Mountaineer Gass Company (Mountaineer) made a Rule 42 tariff filing to increase gas rates and charges seeking an additional $13.1 million in annual revenue, or an approximate 6.15{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c} 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, Monogalia, Monroe, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wane, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming Counties in West Virginia.

The increased rates and charges were proposed to become effective Friday, April 5, 2019. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers would increase as follows:

INCREASE INCREASE
Residential $3.87 6.40{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}
Commercial $12.45 5.05{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}
Industrial $165.16 9.86{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}
Resale $88.18 2.31{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}

This increases shown are based on average of all customers in the indicated class. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. Futhermore, 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.

This increase will incorporate the rate impact of the cumulative investment under Mountaineer’s Investment Replacement and Expansion Program (IREP) that was placed into service as of December 31, 2018. As a result, Mountaineer proposes to reduce the IREP component of its rates relating to that investment when the new base rates go into effect.

By Order issued April 3, 2019, the Commission suspended the use of the proposed increased rates and charges through the end of the day December 31, 2019. If new rates and charges are adopted by the Commission, those rates and charges will go into effect on January, 1, 2020.

Anyone desiring to intervene and act as a party in this case should file on or before June 4, 2019, a Petition to Intervene complying with the Commission rules on intervention found within the Rules of Practice and Procedure, 150 C.S.R. 1. 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 protests should briefly state the reason for the protest. All protests and Petitions to Intervene should clearly state the sae name and number and be addressed to Ingrid Ferrell, Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
Int. April 9, 2019