PENNSYLVANIA
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265

Public Meeting held August 21, 2008

Commissioners Present:

		James H. Cawley, Vice Chairman
		Robet F. Powelson
		Tyrone J. Christy
		Kim Pizzingrilli
		Wayne E. Gardner

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 		:		R-2008‑2021160
Office of Consumer Advocate,			:		C‑2008‑2034000
Office of Small Business Advocate,			:		C‑2008‑2034099
Hugh G. O’Donnell,					:		C‑2008-2036012
United States Steel Corporation,			:		C‑2008‑2036023
Brian Buzzelli,					:		C‑2008-2037346
Brian Richards, and					:		C‑2008‑2041432
Michael J. Bezak					:		C‑2008‑2047807
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	v.						:		
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Equitable Gas Company				:

ORDER

BY THE COMMISSION:

We adopt as our action the Recommended Decision of Administrative Law Judge John H. Corbett, Jr. dated July 25, 2008;

THEREFORE,

IT IS ORDERED:

1.	That the Joint Settlement Agreement that Equitable Gas Company, Office of Trial Staff, Office of Consumer Advocate, Office of Small Business Advocate, United States Steel Corporation, NRG Energy Center Pittsburgh LLC, and the Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania have submitted at Docket No. R‑2008‑2021160 is hereby marked and identified as a late-filed ALJ Exhibit 1 and admitted into the record of this proceeding.

2.	That the Joint Settlement Agreement that Equitable Gas Company, Office of Trial Staff, Office of Consumer Advocate, Office of Small Business Advocate, United States Steel Corporation, NRG Energy Center Pittsburgh LLC, and the Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania have submitted at Docket No. R‑2008‑2021160 is hereby approved to the extent that it is unopposed.

3.	That Equitable Gas Company may file a tariff supplement, on one day’s notice to the Commission, containing changes in rates to provide for the recovery of its costs of purchased gas, consistent with the terms and conditions of the Joint Settlement Agreement.

4.	That the complaints of the Office of Consumer Advocate, Office of Small Business Advocate, and United States Steel Corporation at Docket Nos. C‑2008‑2034000, C‑2008‑2034099, and C‑2008‑2036023, respectively, are hereby sustained in part and dismissed in part consistent with the terms of this Order.

5.	That the complaints of Hugh G. O’Donnell, Brian Buzzelli, Brian Richards, and Michael J. Bezak, at Docket Nos. C‑2008-2036012, C‑2008-2037346, C‑2008-2041432, and C‑2008-2047807, respectively, are hereby dismissed. 

6.	That Equitable Gas Company, Office of Trial Staff, Office of Consumer Advocate, Office of Small Business Advocate, United States Steel Corporation, NRG Energy Center Pittsburgh LLC, and the Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania shall comply with the terms and conditions of the Joint Settlement Agreement submitted in this proceeding as though each term and condition stated therein had been the subject of an individual ordering paragraph.

7.	That upon Equitable Gas Company filing a tariff supplement acceptable to the Commission as conforming with this Order and the Joint Settlement Agreement and the Commission’s approval thereof, the purchased gas rates established therein shall become effective for service rendered on and after October 1, 2008.

8.	That upon Commission acceptance and approval of the tariff supplement and supporting data filed by Equitable Gas Company as being consistent with this Order and the Joint Settlement Agreement, the inquiry and investigation at Docket No. R‑2008‑2021160 shall be terminated and the docket marked closed.

BY THE COMMISSION,

James J. McNulty
Secretary

(SEAL)

ORDER ADOPTED: August 21, 2008

ORDER ENTERED:  August 22, 2008