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From OPC Motion: 

[ *** ] OPC respectfully requests an order detailing the status of the aforementioned Commission evaluation, and issuance of a procedural schedule that will ensure conclusion of a robust evaluation process prior to February 2025.

From WGL Response: 

[ *** ] Washington Gas opposes OPC’s request to adopt a procedural schedule, in the instant proceeding, to examine issues pertaining to the continuation of PROJECTpipes (“PIPES”). Rather, Washington Gas urges the Commission to establish a procedural schedule in Formal Case No. 1175, wherein the Commission is examining the Company’s application for approval of the PIPES 3 Plan.

[ *** ] The Commission has ruled on an extension of the PIPES 2 Plan, which is scheduled to end on February 28, 2025. No further determinations regarding the continuation of PIPES 2 are under review in Formal Case No. 1154; therefore, a further examination of the PIPES 2 Plan in Formal Case No. 1154, as OPC recommends in its Motion, is not reasonable and would unreasonably delay consideration of the PIPES 3 Plan.

[ *** ] To the extent OPC seeks to examine issues outside the scope of the Company’s request to continue to enhance the safety and reliability of its distribution system through the PIPES program, such as OPC’s suggestion of an evaluation of “a cohesive strategy and integrated plan” to address the District’s climate goals or an “evaluation process to be utilized for any project adopted to replace PROJECTpipes,” such issues have broader implications and should be raised in Formal Case No. 1167. 5 For all the above-stated reasons, the Commission should deny OPC’s Motion and move forward with its examination of the Company’s PIPES 3 Plan, in Formal Case No. 1175.

OPC Motion (05/06/2024) 
WGL Response (05/10/2024) 
FC1154 (12/14/2018)
WGL’s Application For Approval Of PROJECTpipes 2 Plan