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Excerpt from the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) Tentative Order:
{***} “On April 30, 2024, the Commission sent all NGS brokers and suppliers an Annual Fee Invoice with payment due by July 1, 2024. On July 24, 2024, a past due balance letter was sent to delinquent NGS brokers and suppliers requesting that the past due annual fee be paid within 20 days of the date of the letter. 

On September 6, 2024, the Commission sent NGS suppliers a Supplemental Fee invoice and an explanation of the Supplemental Fee with payment due within 30 days of receipt of the invoice. On October 21, 2024, the Commission sent past due balance letters to delinquent NGS suppliers stating that the past due supplemental fee must be paid within 20 days of the date of the letter. 

As of February 11, 2025, the NGS brokers and suppliers listed in Table 1 below have not paid either or both of their annual or supplemental fees through 2024.

*Taking title to electricity

Disposition
Based on the above facts, we tentatively find that the NGSs listed in Table 1 are not in compliance with the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. § 2208(c)(2), (h) and the Final Implementation Order, and the NGSs listed in Table 2 are not in compliance with the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. § 2208(c)(2), and the Commission’s regulations at 52 Pa. Code § 62.110(a). Therefore, it is appropriate to initiate the NGS license revocation process for each company listed in Table 1 and Table 2 as being in the public interest;

THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: 

1. That revocation of the Natural Gas Supplier License of each company listed in Table 1 and Table 2 is hereby tentatively approved as being in the public interest. 
2. That the Secretary (i) serve a copy of this Tentative Order upon the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Office of Small Business Advocate, the Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement, all natural gas distribution companies, and all of the Natural Gas Suppliers listed in Table 1 and Table 2; (ii) publish a copy of this Tentative Order in the Pennsylvania Bulletin with a 30-day comment period; and (iii) file a copy of this Tentative Order at each Natural Gas Supplier’s assigned docket number. 
3. That, to the extent any of the Natural Gas Suppliers listed in Table 1 and Table 2 challenge the revocation of their license, they must file comments within thirty (30) days after publication of this Tentative Order in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Written comments referencing Docket No. M-2025-3052812 should be eFiled to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission through the Commission’s eFiling System. You may set up a free eFiling account with the Commission at https://efiling.puc.pa.gov/ if you do not have one. Comments containing confidential information should be sent to the Commission via overnight service rather than eFiled. 
4. That, alternatively, Natural Gas Suppliers listed in Table 1 may pay their outstanding fee balance up to and within thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Payment shall be sent to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Attn: Fiscal Office, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, 3 rd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Checks shall be made payable to “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” 
5. That, alternatively, Natural Gas Suppliers listed in Table 2 may file their outstanding 2024 annual revenue report within thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Any completed 2024 annual revenue reports shall be sent to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Attn: Secretary’s Bureau, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120. 
6. That, absent the timely (i) filing of comments challenging the revocation of the Natural Gas Supplier’s license; (ii) payment of the Natural Gas Supplier’s outstanding fee balance; or (iii) filing of the Natural Gas Supplier’s 2024 annual revenue report within 30-days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Bureau of Technical Utility Services, in conjunction with the Bureau of Administration, shall prepare a Final Order for entry by the Secretary revoking the license of each Natural Gas Supplier that fails to respond.
7. That upon entry of the Final Order, Natural Gas Suppliers that fail to respond will be prohibited from providing natural gas supply services to retail gas customers. Any customers served by the Natural Gas Supplier will be returned to the appropriate Natural Gas Distribution Company’s provider of last resort service as set forth in the Final Order. 8 8. That upon entry of the Final Order, Natural Gas Suppliers that fail to respond will be stricken from all active utility lists maintained by the Commission’s Bureau of Technical Utility Services and the Assessment Section of the Bureau of Administration, removed from the Commission’s website, and notifications will be sent to all natural gas distribution companies in which the Natural Gas Suppliers were licensed to do business.” {***}

Tentative Order (02/20/2024)
M-2025-3052812  
(Revocation of Natural Gas Supplier Licenses of Companies that did not file a Natural Gas Supplier Annual Report or pay past due Annual or Supplemental Fees)