The New Jersey Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing on Public Service Electric and Gas Company’s application for adjustments in its natural gas revenue. The company asked for an annual revenue increase of about $18.2 million, which would result in an increase of $6.38 for residential customers using 100 therms per month during the winter months and 610 therms annually, and an increase of $10.88 for residential customers using 172 therms per month during the winter months and 1,040 therms annually.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission is scheduled to receive comments on Dominion Energy Inc.’s proposal to establish voluntary time-of-use, or TOU, rates for residential customers. Under the proposal, customers shifting from on-peak to off-peak periods achieve bill savings. Participants would be subject to time-varying energy charges based on the season and the time period of consumption that the company categorizes as on-peak, off-peak, and super off-peak. The proposed rate would be available to the company’s residential customers with installed advanced metering infrastructure, subject to an enrollment limit of 10,000 participants. PUR-2019-00214

The Missouri Public Service Commission is due to receive reply briefs on Empire District Electric Company’s application for adjustments in its electric revenue. The company asked for an annual revenue increase of about $26.5 million, which would result in an increase of $7.85 in monthly residential bills. ER-2019-0374

The Utah Public Service Commission will hold a technical conference to discuss about Dominion Energy Inc.’s 2020 integrated resource plan, or IRP, for the plan year of June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021. The discussion will include project details under the resource plan, long-term planning, and future rural expansion update. The company plans to file its IRP in early June 2020, with a presentation scheduled for June 30. 20-057-02

The Michigan Public Service Commission is due to receive comments on Enbridge Energy LP’s request for a declaratory ruling that it has siting authority for the replacement of a pipeline segment under the Straits of Mackinac under the commission’s original 1953 order approving the Line 5 oil and gas pipeline. The commission put off the company’s application for approval of the replacement to consider whether new authority is required. If the commission finds that Enbridge does not already have the authority for the project, the application would be reviewed as part of a contested case, beginning with public notice and a prehearing conference. READ MORE