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PUC Approves Rate Case Settlement That Requires Reporting On Purchase of Receivables Program, In Light Of "Affordability" Concerns
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The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a settlement in the natural gas rate case of UGI Utilities, Inc. – Gas Division that now requires reporting concerning the purchase of receivables program in light of "affordability" concerns raised by consumer parties in the case, while also requiring that a collaborative consider developing targeted customer communications to warn customers about "high" retail supplier charges on customers' bills
As first reported by ECM, the adopted settlement includes the following provision:
"Purchase of Receivables. Within 90 days of the approval of the Settlement in this proceeding, UGI Gas will hold a workshop with interested parties, including the parties to this proceeding, to develop annual Choice Program reporting components to provide parties with a better understanding of the function of the Choice program on affordability."
Additionally, the settlement would require that a collaborative be instituted to, "discuss the development of targeted customer communications regarding natural gas shopping[.]"
Among other things, UGI under the collaborative, "will propose additional and/or more targeted customer communications to assist customers in ensuring affordability for basic natural gas service due to high natural gas supplier ('NGS') charges that appear on the customer bill that UGI Gas collects under threat of termination of service."
See full details on the terms described above, and additional settlement terms including retail market changes sought by retail suppliers, in ECM's prior story here
Our prior story linked above describes the settlement as adopted, as the PUC made no changes to the settlement
Docket R-2025-3059523
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Requires Collaborative To Consider Development Of Targeted Customer Communications Which Will Warn Of "High" Retail Supplier Charges
October 1, 2026
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