Hearing Notice

NOTICE OF IN-PERSON AND TELEPHONIC PUBLIC INPUT HEARINGS 

For Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.’s Rate Increase Request 

Docket No. R-2025-3053499 

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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) will conduct six Public Input Hearings concerning the general rate increase request filed by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. on March 20, 2025, seeking to increase natural distribution rates by $110.5 million per year.  The in-person and telephonic hearings will be held at the following times and places: 

 

To participate in the hearings by telephone, you must use this information to call in to the conference bridge: 

                                    Toll-free Conference Number:       866.675.4281 
                                    PIN Number:                                     85057514 

• You must dial the toll-free Conference number above
• You must enter the PIN number above when instructed
• You must speak your name when prompted, and press #
• Then, the telephone system will connect you to the hearing 

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PRE-REGISTRATION FOR TELEPHONIC PUBLIC INPUT HEARINGS:  To testify at the telephonic Public Input Hearings, pre-registration is required by June 4, 2025 at 10AM.  Failure to pre-register could result in you not being called to testify by the PUC judge. You will be given the toll-free conference number and PIN number upon pre-registration.   

To pre-register to testify by telephone, please contact the PUC Judge’s Legal Assistant, Mary Swarner, by email at mswarner@pa.gov or by phone at 412-565-3555 and provide the requested information. 

NEED ASSISTANCE WITH PRE-REGISTRATION?  If you need assistance pre-registering to testify, you may have someone register for you, but they will need to provide the PUC Judges’ Legal Assistant with the requested information. Additionally, if more than one person in your household would like to testify, one person may pre-register for other individuals in the same household by providing the PUC Judges’ Legal Assistant with the requested information. 

REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETERS: If you require an interpreter, please pre-register as soon as possible.  If you register too close to the hearing date, we may not have enough time to arrange for an interpreter. If you request an interpreter, the PUC will make reasonable efforts to have one present.  Please email the Presiding Officers’ legal assistant mswarner@pa.gov or call the office at 717-787-1399 as soon as possible but at least ten (10) business days prior to the hearing to submit your request.

AT&T Relay Service number for persons who are deaf or hearing-impaired:  1-800-654-5988. 

HEARING EXHIBITS: If you have any hearing exhibits to which you will refer during the hearing, please email them to the PUC Judges’ Legal Assistant, Mary Swarner, by email at mswarner@pa.gov.  The PUC Judges will forward your exhibits to all the parties. Exhibits for the Public Input Hearing should be received by the PUC Judges by 10AM on June 3, 2025, for the hearings held June 3 and 4, 2025, and by 10AM on June 11, 2025, for the June 11 hearing. 

QUESTIONS?  The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) represents the interests of utility customers before the PUC.  If you have questions about the public input hearings or the Company’s requested rate increase, please contact the OCA toll free at 1-800-684-6560 or by email at consumer@paoca.org. Additionally, the OCA can help customers pre-register for the Public Input Hearings. 

OTHER WAYS TO BE HEARD: If you want to be heard about the proposed rate increase but do not want or cannot testify at the Public Input Hearings, you may file a formal complaint or comments to the proposed rate increase.  Please visit the PUC’s website to use the applicable form available at https://www.puc.pa.gov/complaints/formal-complaints/.