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Tariff Form No. 8-C (Tariff Rule No. 30-C)
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES UPON APPLICATION
NOTICE is hereby given that MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY, a public utility, has filed with the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, an application containing decreased rates, tolls and charges for furnishing natural gas service to approximately 220,000 customers at various locations in the Counties of 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.
The proposed decreased rates and charges will become effective November 1, 2018, unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission, and will reduce revenue approximatel $4,208,000 annually, a reduction of approximately 4.0%.
The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers of Mountaineer Gas COMPANY will be changed as follows:
DECREASE DECREASE
Residential $ 1.13 1.85%
Commercial $ 5.67 2.25%
Industrial $ 2,074.30 8.44%
Resale $ 102.63 3.00%
Resale customers of MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY include Canaan Valley Gas Co., Consumers Gas Utility Co., Dominion Hope, Megan Oil and Gas, City of Philippi, and Southern Public Service.
The decreases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Each class may receive a decrease greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive decreases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested decrease rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increases or decreases) the Public Service Commission in its review of this filing. Any decrease in rates and charge will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Public Service Commission. a hearing is conducted, notice will be given of the time and place of hearing.
A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative of the Company to provid any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at the following offices of the Company: Mountaineer Gas Company Office • 501 56th Street SE, Charleston, West Virginia 25304.
A copy of the proposed rates is available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
The Rule 30-C procedure is designed to provide a procedure for changing rates charged to customers by natural gas distribution utilities based exclusively on the cost of purchased gas. Consequently, protest should be limited to the reasonableness of such costs and the method by which they are calculated. Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or notice of intervention within twenty-five (25) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission order. Failure to timely intervene can affect your rights to protest any rate increases and to participate in future proceedings. Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission’s rules on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. All protests and interventions should be addressed to Executive Secretary,
Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, WV 25323.
