Table 3 Maximum CAP Enrollment Limits for UGI Companies Companies Maximum CAP Enrollment UGI Gas 10,000 UGI PNG 7,500 UGI CPG 6,000 UGI Electric 2,500 Total 26,000 During the approval process for its 2011-2013 USECP, UGI explained that the CAP enrollment limits were previously approved by the Commission in other, unrelated proceedings. The 10,000 maximum enrollment level for UGI Gas, the 7,500 enrollment limit for UGI PNG, the 6,000 enrollment limit for UGI CPG and the 2,500 enrollment ceiling for UGI Electric were all approved by the Commission. UGI Reply Comments at 2223, Docket No. M-2010-2186052. In 2011-2013 USECP Final Order, we UGI’s directed the Company to continue to monitor need projections and to petition the Commission to increase CAP enrollment numbers, if necessary. See 2011-2013 UGI’s Docket No. M-2010-2186052 (October 31, 2011), at 36. USECP Final Order, Although the UGI companies have not yet neared the CAP enrollment limits shown above, we question whether maintaining these CAP enrollment limits is appropriate. In recent USECP proceedings, the Commission has encouraged utilities to increase CAP enrollment. In particular, we approved plan to Duquesne Light’s automatically enroll customers into CAP upon receipt of a LIHEAP grant. See Duquesne Docket No. M-2013-2350946 (March 6, 2014), Light 2014-2016 USECP Final Order, at 8-9. We are not aware of any other NGDC or EDC that maintains CAP enrollment limits. Low-income households within service territory should not be denied CAP UGI’s because the maximum number of customers has been reached and the Company is in the process of petitioning the Commission for an increase to its enrollment limit.
Table 3 Maximum CAP Enrollment Limits for UGI Companies Companies Maximum CAP Enrollment UGI Gas 10,000 UGI PNG 7,500 UGI CPG 6,000 UGI Electric 2,500 Total 26,000 During the approval process for its 2011-2013 USECP, UGI explained that the CAP enrollment limits were previously approved by the Commission in other, unrelated proceedings. The 10,000 maximum enrollment level for UGI Gas, the 7,500 enrollment limit for UGI PNG, the 6,000 enrollment limit for UGI CPG and the 2,500 enrollment ceiling for UGI Electric were all approved by the Commission. UGI Reply Comments at 2223, Docket No. M-2010-2186052. In UGI’s 2011-2013 USECP Final Order, we directed the Company to continue to monitor need projections and to petition the Commission to increase CAP enrollment numbers, if necessary. See UGI’s 2011-2013 USECP Final Order, Docket No. M-2010-2186052 (October 31, 2011), at 36. Although the UGI companies have not yet neared the CAP enrollment limits shown above, we question whether maintaining these CAP enrollment limits is appropriate. In recent USECP proceedings, the Commission has encouraged utilities to increase CAP enrollment. In particular, we approved Duquesne Light’s plan to automatically enroll customers into CAP upon receipt of a LIHEAP grant. See Duquesne Light 2014-2016 USECP Final Order, Docket No. M-2013-2350946 (March 6, 2014), at 8-9. We are not aware of any other NGDC or EDC that maintains CAP enrollment limits. Low-income households within UGI’s service territory should not be denied CAP because the maximum number of customers has been reached and the Company is in the process of petitioning the Commission for an increase to its enrollment limit.
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