On August 29, 2012, SBI received a 2011 Impact Fee Statement from the Commission stating that SBI owed impact fees in the amount of $170,000 for the period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, based upon production from seventeen vertical gas wells. Additionally, on August 29, 2012, SBI received a 2011 Spud Fee Statement from the Commission stating that it owed administrative fees in the amount of $850 for seventeen wells. On August 30, 2012, SBI paid the Commission the amounts stated on the 2011 Impact Fee and Spud Fee Statements. Joint Stipulation at 3. On March 27, 2013, SBI submitted to the Commission an annual report for the year 2012. The 2012 annual report listed each well operated by SBI that was potentially subject to the spud and impact fees imposed by Act 13 for the 2012 reporting period. In its 2012 annual report, which accurately set forth the production for each well for the 2012 reporting period, SBI stated that it operated twenty-eight vertical gas wells for which spud and impact fees were due. at 3-4. Id. In an e-mail dated April 12, 2013, an employee of the Commission’s Bureau of Administration, stated that a vertical well is not a stripper well, as defined in Section 2301 of Act 13, if it has reported production in excess of 90,000 cf in any one month of a reporting period. In response, SBI advised the Commission that it disagreed with the and stated that each well listed as a stripper well in Commission’s interpretation the 2011 and 2012 annual reports qualified as stripper wells by virtue of the reported monthly production histories for each year. at 4. Id. On April 8, 2013, SBI received the 2012 Impact Fee Statement from the Commission stating that SBI owed impact fees in the amount of $236,000 for 2012. In addition, SBI received a Spud Fee Statement for 2012 in the amount of $1,400. SBI paid the impact and spud fees identified in the 2012 statements. Id.
On August 29, 2012, SBI received a 2011 Impact Fee Statement from the Commission stating that SBI owed impact fees in the amount of $170,000 for the period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, based upon production from seventeen vertical gas wells. Additionally, on August 29, 2012, SBI received a 2011 Spud Fee Statement from the Commission stating that it owed administrative fees in the amount of $850 for seventeen wells. On August 30, 2012, SBI paid the Commission the amounts stated on the 2011 Impact Fee and Spud Fee Statements. Joint Stipulation at 3. On March 27, 2013, SBI submitted to the Commission an annual report for the year 2012. The 2012 annual report listed each well operated by SBI that was potentially subject to the spud and impact fees imposed by Act 13 for the 2012 reporting period. In its 2012 annual report, which accurately set forth the production for each well for the 2012 reporting period, SBI stated that it operated twenty-eight vertical gas wells for which spud and impact fees were due. Id. at 3-4. In an e-mail dated April 12, 2013, an employee of the Commission’s Bureau of Administration, stated that a vertical well is not a stripper well, as defined in Section 2301 of Act 13, if it has reported production in excess of 90,000 cf in any one month of a reporting period. In response, SBI advised the Commission that it disagreed with the Commission’s interpretation and stated that each well listed as a stripper well in the 2011 and 2012 annual reports qualified as stripper wells by virtue of the reported monthly production histories for each year. Id. at 4. On April 8, 2013, SBI received the 2012 Impact Fee Statement from the Commission stating that SBI owed impact fees in the amount of $236,000 for 2012. In addition, SBI received a Spud Fee Statement for 2012 in the amount of $1,400. SBI paid the impact and spud fees identified in the 2012 statements. Id.
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