Company Owned Services Program Positions of the Parties UGI claimed $454,418 for expenses relating to the project cost and implementation of a Company-Owned Service (COS) Transition Program. The plan pertains to COS facilities including service entrance cables, meter sockets, panel boxes, main breakers and 240-volt breakers which are located inside the homes of customers. Pursuant to its duty to provide reasonable and safe service to its customers, UGI has identified 5,000 of its service facilities located in the homes of customers that are not adequately maintained due to the difficulty in accessing the facilities. Under the plan, UGI will inspect and repair or replace the facilities located in those 5,000 customers homes, and then transition ownership and maintenance responsibility of the facilities from UGI to the homeowner. UGI St. 3 at 16. UGI expects that the COS Transition Program will result in the inspection and transfer of responsibility for approximately 500 services a year for the next 10 years. UGI M.B. at 50-51. In order to implement the COS Transition Program, UGI explained that it will send notices to affected customers, conduct inspections and, if necessary, repair or replace the COS equipment so that it passes inspection by an approved electrical inspector certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Once the inspection is completed, UGI’s former COS equipment will be deemed customer-owned equipment consistent with the terms of UGI’s tariff. UGI M.B. at 50-51. UGI submitted that it will not profit from the COS Transition Program because the proposal would only permit the Company to recover the actual program expenditures rather than permitting it to capitalize any allowed expenses. Additionally,
Company Owned Services Program Positions of the Parties UGI claimed $454,418 for expenses relating to the project cost and implementation of a Company-Owned Service (COS) Transition Program. The plan pertains to COS facilities including service entrance cables, meter sockets, panel boxes, main breakers and 240-volt breakers which are located inside the homes of customers. Pursuant to its duty to provide reasonable and safe service to its customers, UGI has identified 5,000 of its service facilities located in the homes of customers that are not adequately maintained due to the difficulty in accessing the facilities. Under the plan, UGI will inspect and repair or replace the facilities located in those 5,000 customers homes, and then transition ownership and maintenance responsibility of the facilities from UGI to the homeowner. UGI St. 3 at 16. UGI expects that the COS Transition Program will result in the inspection and transfer of responsibility for approximately 500 services a year for the next 10 years. UGI M.B. at 50-51. In order to implement the COS Transition Program, UGI explained that it will send notices to affected customers, conduct inspections and, if necessary, repair or replace the COS equipment so that it passes inspection by an approved electrical inspector certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Once the inspection is completed, UGI’s former COS equipment will be deemed customer-owned equipment consistent with the terms of UGI’s tariff. UGI M.B. at 50-51. UGI submitted that it will not profit from the COS Transition Program because the proposal would only permit the Company to recover the actual program expenditures rather than permitting it to capitalize any allowed expenses. Additionally,
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