Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 53 - TARIFFS FOR NONCOMMON CARRIERS › RECOVERY OF FUEL COSTS BY GAS UTILITIES › Section 53.65 - Special provisions relating to natural gas distributors with gross intrastate annual operating revenues in excess of $40 million with affiliated interests

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Whenever a gas utility under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												1307(f) (relating to sliding
						scale of rates; adjustments) purchases gas, transportation or storage from an
						affiliated interest, as defined at
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2101
						(relating to definitions of affiliated interest), it shall, in addition to the
						normal submission expected of a gas utility under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												1307(f) file evidence to
						meet its burden under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												1317(b) (relating to
						regulation of natural gas costs). The evidence, to be filed 60 days prior to
						the filing of a tariff under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												1307(f), shall include
						statements regarding:
(1) The costs of
					 the affiliated gas, transportation or storage as compared to the average market
					 price of other gas, transportation or storage and the price of other sources of
					 gas, transportation or storage.
(2)
					 Estimates of the quantity of gas, transportation or storage available to the
					 utility from all sources.
(3)
					 Efforts made by the utility to obtain gas, transportation or storage from
					 nonaffiliated interests.
(4) The
					 specific reasons why the utility has purchased gas, transportation or storage
					 from an affiliated interest and demonstration that the purchases are consistent
					 with a least cost fuel procurement policy.
(5) The sources and amounts of gas,
					 transportation or storage which have been withheld from the market by the
					 utility or affiliated interest and the reasons why the gas, transportation or
					 storage has been withheld.
(6) To
					 the extent that the information required in this section has been submitted
					 under §
											53.64 (relating to filing
					 requirements for natural gas distributors with gross intrastate annual
					 operating revenues in excess of $40 million), the utility need only designate
					 information which applies to affiliated interests.
The provisions of this §
													53.65 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504,
						  1301,
						  1304,
						  1307,
						  1317 and
						  1318.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													53.61 (relating to purpose); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													53.62 (relating to additional
						  information to be filed by gas utilities with gross annual intrastate operating
						  revenues in excess of $40 million seeking a change in base rates); 52 Pa. Code
						  §
													53.63 (relating to categories of
						  gas utilities); and 52 Pa. Code §
													53.64 (relating to filing
						  requirements for natural gas distributors with gross intrastate annual
						  operating revenues in excess of $40
						  million).