HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDING Equitable is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Equitable is a natural gas distribution company (NGDC) in the business of purchasing, selling and distributing natural gas to retail customers within the Commonwealth, and is therefore a within the “public utility” meaning of Section 102 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §§ 102, subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the distribution system encompasses Commission. Equitable’s approximately 3,506 miles of distribution pipeline servicing more than 260,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers. Equitable also operates gathering assets totaling 843 miles of pipeline. Its service area encompasses the City of Pittsburgh as well as adjacent territories in Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Washington and Westmoreland Counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The LTIIP was filed on January 11, 2013, with copies being served upon the statutory advocates in accordance with Docket No. Implementation of Act 11 of 2012, M20122293695 (August 2, 2012) (Final Implementation Order). The DSIC was filed on January 29, 2013. Petition includes proposed Supplement No. 95 to Equitable’s DSIC Tariff Gas Pa. P.U.C. No. 22 to introduce the DSIC Rider into the – Company’s tariff with an effective date of April 1, 2013. The filing was made pursuant to 66 Pa. C.S. § 1353 and the Final Implementation Order. The OCA filed comments pertaining to the LTIIP on January 31, 2013, but did not initially request hearings. On February 19, 2013 OCA filed a Notice of Intervention and Public Statement, a Formal Complaint (Docket No. C20132348777), and an Answer to DSIC Petition. In its Answer to DSIC petition, Equitable’s Equitable’s OCA states that the Commission should deny Petition as filed, reject the Equitable’s proposed Tariff Supplement No. 95 to Tariff Gas Pa. P.U.C. No. 22, and refer the –
HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDING Equitable is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Equitable is a natural gas distribution company (NGDC) in the business of purchasing, selling and distributing natural gas to retail customers within the Commonwealth, and is therefore a “public utility” within the meaning of Section 102 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §§ 102, subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Commission. Equitable’s distribution system encompasses approximately 3,506 miles of distribution pipeline servicing more than 260,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers. Equitable also operates gathering assets totaling 843 miles of pipeline. Its service area encompasses the City of Pittsburgh as well as adjacent territories in Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Washington and Westmoreland Counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The LTIIP was filed on January 11, 2013, with copies being served upon the statutory advocates in accordance with Implementation of Act 11 of 2012, Docket No. M20122293695 (August 2, 2012) (Final Implementation Order). The DSIC was filed on January 29, 2013. Equitable’s DSIC Petition includes proposed Supplement No. 95 to Tariff Gas – Pa. P.U.C. No. 22 to introduce the DSIC Rider into the Company’s tariff with an effective date of April 1, 2013. The filing was made pursuant to 66 Pa. C.S. § 1353 and the Final Implementation Order. The OCA filed comments pertaining to the LTIIP on January 31, 2013, but did not initially request hearings. On February 19, 2013 OCA filed a Notice of Intervention and Public Statement, a Formal Complaint (Docket No. C20132348777), and an Answer to Equitable’s DSIC Petition. In its Answer to Equitable’s DSIC petition, OCA states that the Commission should deny Equitable’s Petition as filed, reject the proposed Tariff Supplement No. 95 to Tariff Gas – Pa. P.U.C. No. 22, and refer the
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