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 PUBLIC 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 ().
On March 19, 2021, the Commission issued an Order
scheduling a public comment hearing to be held by
videoconference only on July 19, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.
because of the COVID 19 pandemic. The Commission
has held several in-person hearings at its hearing room
in the Commission’s Charleston West Virginia
headquarters since the March 19, 2021 Order. The
Commission has determined that in-person hearings
can be conducted in a safe manner using COVID
protocols such as social distancing and wearing masks.
The public comment hearing scheduled for July 19,
2021, will now be held as an in-person hearing on July
20, 2021, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Commission’s
Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room, Commission
Headquarters, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West
Virginia. Masks and social distancing will be required at
the public comment hearing and the evidentiary hearing.
The evidentiary hearing will remain an in-person
hearing beginning on July 20, 2021, after the public
comment hearing.
The Commission will receive written public comments
and protests until the beginning of the July 20, 2021
evidentiary hearing. All written comments and protests
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 by clicking the
“Formal Case” link. Interested persons should be able
to view the evidentiary hearing via an internet
livestream. The Commission website, , contains links to
“Case Information,” “Submit a Comment,” and
“Commission Webcast.”
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF
WEST VIRGINIA
WV Public SVC Commission
WC 06/23 14919