PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF
WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 21-0043-G-PC
MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY
and
UGI CORPORATION,
Joint petition for consent and approval for UGI
Corporation to acquire Mountaineer Gas Company.
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On January 26, 2021, Mountaineer Gas Company
(Mountaineer) and UGI Corporation (UGI) (jointly,
Petitioners) filed with the Public Service Commission of
West Virginia (Commission) a joint petition (Joint
Petition) for Commission consent and approval of an
acquisition transaction pursuant to which UGI would
acquire indirectly all of the issued and outstanding
common stock of Mountaineer. Petitioners also seek
certain related approvals, including authority to assign
an existing service agreement from Mountaineer to UGI
and to extend and renew an existing liquefied natural
gas purchase and sale agreement between
Mountaineer and UGI.
Mountaineer provides natural gas utility services under
the Commission’s jurisdiction to approximately 215,000
customers located throughout 50 counties in West
Virginia. UGI is a publicly traded energy holding
company incorporated in Pennsylvania and provides
natural gas, electric, propane, and comparable fuels to
nearly 2.9 million customers throughout the United
States and Europe.
Petitioners assert that the transaction will not change
the local management, operations, employee levels,
service levels, or rates of Mountaineer, and will have no
adverse effect on existing Mountaineer customers, other
public utilities, or the public in general. Mountaineer will
continue to own all its existing gas utility assets and
operate its existing gas utility business.
The Joint Petition is on file with and available for public
inspection at the Commission, 201 Brooks Street, in
Charleston, West Virginia, and is available online at the
Commission website (www.psc.state.wv.us).
The Commission schedules this matter for evidentiary
hearing to be held on July 20, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. and
continuing on July 21, 2021, if necessary, in the Howard
M. Cunningham Hearing Room, Public Service
Commission Building, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston,
West Virginia. The Commission may determine, in light
of the COVID-19 situation, that the scheduled hearing
will be conducted virtually, with the parties to the case
appearing online. Interested persons should be able to
view the 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.”
Because of the COVID 19 pandemic, a public comment
will be held by videoconference only on July 19, 2021
at 9:30 a.m. Directions to enter the public
comment hearing will be posted on the Commission
website, www.psc.state.wv.us, under the Hot Topics
section by July 14, 2021.
Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written
petition to intervene no later than 4:00 p.m., May 4,
2021. Failure to timely intervene may affect your right to
participate in the proceeding. 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 and protests until the beginning of the
hearing. All written comments, protests and requests to
intervene should state the case name and number and
be addressed to Connie Graley, 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/defa
ult.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.
MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY
AND UGI CORPORATION
WV Press
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