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RESA Files Petition to Intervene in UGI Rate Case Voicing a Number of Concerns
Concerned About Penalties and Application of UGI’s Curtailment Policies and Capped Price Increases For Default Service
In RESA’s Petition to Intervene in UGI’s rate case, RESA states that it “has concerns about operational requirements including penalties and application of UGI’s curtailment policies and OFO/OMOs. RESA also is concerned that UGI is not timely implementing certain programs to which it agreed in the settlement of its 2025 rate case.”
In its petition to intervene RESA stated that it is also “very concerned with the recent Emergency Order that capped price increases for default service, thus further distorting the market. See: in which UGI filed an emergency petition seeking to cap the supply rate increases, addressed in separate UGI petition RESA said that the cap would further distort the market.
As background, on February 19, 2026 UGI Utilities, Inc. – Gas Division filed a Petition for Emergency Order from the Pennsylvania Public Utilities (PUC) Commission to cap the amount of supply cost rate change scheduled for March 1, 2026. Specifically, UGI sought to temporarily reduce the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGC) Quarterly Adjustment Mechanism (QAM) rate change cap from 25%, as set in a prior proceeding, to 10%, for the March 1, 2026 quarterly C-factor adjustment.
As support, UGI cited “significant price increases” in gas supply costs due to Winter Storm Fern, and said that, under the normal operation of the gas cost rate changes, the PGC would otherwise increase 25% on March 1, 2026.
The Commission responded immediately issuing an Emergency Order granting UGI’s emergency petition. See: Docket P-2026-3060521
In its petition to intervene, RESA also raised “ongoing concerns about interactions with suppliers and general sharing of pertinent information in a timely basis.”
