Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. has not withheld from the market or caused to be withheld from the market during the relevant time period any gas supplies which should have been used as part of a least cost fuel procurement policy in compliance with Section 1318(a)(4) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(a)(4). Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. has fully and vigorously attempted to obtain less costly gas supplies on both short-term and long-term bases from nonaffiliated interests during the relevant time period in compliance with Section 1318(b)(1) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(b)(1). Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, contracts for the purchase of gas Inc.’s from any affiliated interest during the relevant time period are consistent with a least cost fuel procurement policy in compliance with Section 1318(b)(2) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(b)(2). Neither Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. nor any affiliated interest during the relevant time period has withheld from the market any gas supplies, which should have been used as part of a least cost fuel procurement policy in compliance with Section 1318(b)(3) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(b)(3). The Joint Petition for Settlement of the Rate Investigation pursuant to 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1307(f), that Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., the Bureau of Commission’s Investigation and Enforcement, the Office of Consumer Advocate and the Office of Small Business Advocate have executed and submitted at this docket, is in the public interest. VI. ORDER THEREFORE,
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. has not withheld from the market or caused to be withheld from the market during the relevant time period any gas supplies which should have been used as part of a least cost fuel procurement policy in compliance with Section 1318(a)(4) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(a)(4). Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. has fully and vigorously attempted to obtain less costly gas supplies on both short-term and long-term bases from nonaffiliated interests during the relevant time period in compliance with Section 1318(b)(1) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(b)(1). Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.’s contracts for the purchase of gas from any affiliated interest during the relevant time period are consistent with a least cost fuel procurement policy in compliance with Section 1318(b)(2) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(b)(2). Neither Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. nor any affiliated interest during the relevant time period has withheld from the market any gas supplies, which should have been used as part of a least cost fuel procurement policy in compliance with Section 1318(b)(3) of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1318(b)(3). The Joint Petition for Settlement of the Rate Investigation pursuant to 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 1307(f), that Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., the Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, the Office of Consumer Advocate and the Office of Small Business Advocate have executed and submitted at this docket, is in the public interest. VI. ORDER THEREFORE,
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