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OPC-DC Working to Ensure WG Purchases Gas at Lowest, Reasonable Rates

OPC-DC staff actively participates in the Gas Procurement Working Group to assure WG’s gas procurement activities are reasonable and yield the lowest reasonable costs to District consumers. One of the Office’s is to review and comment on WG’s required biennial Gas Procurement Report (GPR). The report allows the PSC to monitor WG to ensure it is aggressively pursuing low cost gas supplies and taking full advantage of opportunities to maximize the reduction of its gas purchase costs.

OPC-DC and WG entered into a settlement agreement to address the outstanding issues of hexane injections and safety concerns about WG’s natural gas distribution system. The agreement provides for key safety and consumer education provisions that address OPC-DC’s long-standing concerns about the vintage mechanical couplings affecting the majority of natural gas leaks in the WG system.
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WG Abandons $20 Million Rate Increase Request - Settles

In Formal Case No. 1054, Washington Gas sought a rate increase of approximately $20 million. This case, however, was always about more than just money for WG.