News Stories
Sponsored by Earth Etch. Regulatory insight and compliance solutions for today’s energy markets.
2026 Schedule of Filing Dates for Recovery of Purchased Gas Costs
“The regulation promulgated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) in 52 Pa. Code § 53.64(a) (relating to filing requirements for natural gas distributors with gross intrastate annual operating revenues in excess of $40 million) directs the Commission to annually publish a schedule of filing dates for jurisdictional gas utilities subject to the procedure of 66 Pa.C.S. § 1307(f) (relating to sliding scale of rates; adjustments) for the recovery of purchased gas costs (PGC). The § 53.64(c) pre-filings are due 30 days earlier. The 2026 schedule of § 53.64(a) filing dates is applicable to the listed natural gas distribution companies and city natural gas distribution operation (collectively, public utilities) as follows:
February 1, 2026: National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
March 1, 2026: Philadelphia Gas Works
April 1, 2026: Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.; Peoples Natural Gas Company, LLC
June 1, 2026: PECO—Gas Division; UGI Utilities, Inc.— Gas Division
Each PGC filing will be addressed at a utility-specific docket number to be assigned when the specific proceeding is started.”
(1307(f) Schedule of Filing Dates for Recovery of Purchased Gas Costs)
