PGW Files Request With Regulators to Shield Customers from Billing Anomalies
Posted on: Apr 28, 2023
(Philadelphia, Pa – April 28, 2023) – Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) today asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) for emergency relief to exclude May 2023 usage from its Weather Normalization Adjustment (WNA) formula in order to provide an added protection to customers in the event of abnormal weather and to move the WNA proceeding into the rate case in order for a more substantive review of the formula.
PGW proactively filed this request in an effort to shield its customers from a potential anomaly similar to last year. In making this request, PGW is particularly concerned about its impact on lower-income customers. With respect to the WNA, PGW is focused on protecting its customers – for example, it refunded over $12.6 million to customers, asked the PUC to allow a cap on the charge, and proposed a permanent removal of May from the formula. Notably, the PUC’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (“I&E”) has indicated that it agrees with the protections PGW has requested for this May and to move the proceeding into the rate case.
For over two decades, PGW has had a WNA as a component of our rates. Utilities use this adjustment to help make customer heating bills more predictable and stable. The WNA adds a charge when weather is abnormally warm, and credits a customer when weather is abnormally cold.
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