Columbia Gas of Virginia - Legal Notice - Rate Increase Proposal

Columbia Gas of Virginia - Legal Notice - Rate Increase Proposal



Brief Summary of attached rate case notice:

CVA requests that implementation of the rate and tariff modifications proposed in its Application be authorized on an interim basis subject to refund, effective for the first billing unit of October 2022. The Company asserts that, effective with the first billing unit of October 2022, the base rate increase and the implementation of the three-month TCJA-related bill credit will increase the average monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 5.4 dekatherms from approximately $79.54 to approximately $88.53, or by 11.30%. The Company further asserts that after the three-month bill credit expires, the Company's proposed rates will result in an increase to the typical monthly bill for a residential customer using 5.4 dekatherms to approximately $89.38.

 

Public Hearing:

A hearing for the receipt of testimony from public witnesses on the Application shall be convened telephonically at 10 a.m., on December 13, 2022, with no public witness present in the Commission's courtroom.

(a)        To promote fairness for all public witnesses, each witness will be allotted five minutes to provide testimony.

(b)        On or before December 7, 2022, any person desiring to offer testimony as a public witness shall provide to the Commission (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that you wish the Commission to call during the hearing to receive your testimony. This information may be provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Commission's website at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF version of this form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov; or (iii) by calling (804) 371-9141.

(c)        Beginning at 10 a.m., on December 13, 2022, the Hearing Examiner will telephone sequentially each person who has signed up to testify as provided above. This hearing will not be convened, and the parties will be notified of such, if no person signs up to testify as a public witness.

(d)        This public witness hearing will be webcast at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting.

 

A hearing on the Application shall be convened at 10 a.m., on December 14, 2022, in the Commission's second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive the testimony and evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Staff.

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