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Utility Agrees To Provide Information Concerning Suppliers' Sought Implementation Of Bill Ready Billing In Next Rate Case
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A partial settlement in a current rate case for Columbia Gas in Pennsylvania includes several terms related to the retail market
Under the partial settlement, in anticipation of the Retail Energy Supply Association and other supplier parties submitting a
proposal for the implementation of Bill Ready Billing, Columbia has agreed that, in its next base rate case, its initial filing will include
testimony regarding the costs to implement Bill Ready Billing and a timeline associated with such
implementation. All settling parties reserve their rights to support or oppose Bill Ready Billing in that
case.
Columbia is not committing to endorse Bill Ready Billing in the next rate case
Suppliers noted that, "Bill Ready Billing provides even greater flexibility than rate ready
billing, because suppliers are able to adopt rate structures that may not fit neatly into the rate code paradigm."
Additionally, effective upon approval of the partial settlement by the PUC, Columbia has agreed to increase
the number of rate ready billing codes from 50 to 125 per retail supplier, subject to the right of Columbia
to seek recovery of potential implementation costs, including potential automation costs, in a future
rate case.
Columbia will continue to manage new rate code requests under the company’s
existing process which requires 45 days advance notice for requests of additional rate codes. Columbia will process requests for as many as 10 rate codes per request. Columbia will perform a review of active rate codes to assess whether there are existing rate codes that can be
used before new rate codes and will work with suppliers to ensure they have sufficient rate codes to
serve their current and future customers, the settlement provides
Under the settlement, retail suppliers have withdrawn their proposal that Columbia confirm all
five scheduling cycles in which suppliers schedule gas on Columbia's EBB. Columbia currently provides confirmation for two of the cycles (the Timely and Intraday-2).
Docket No. R-2022-3031211
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September 8, 2022
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