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(2024-C-000123-
FAYETTE COUNTY -
WVTB LLC)

To: KATHLEEN TAYLOR, KATHLEEN TAYLOR ESTATE UNKNOWN HEIRS W H TAYLOR, W H TAYLOR ESTATE UNKNOWN HEIRS, IRS, ATTN: ADVISORY CONSOLIDATED RECEIPTS, WV STATE TAX DEPARTMENT, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.

DISTRICT PLATEAU
MAP 37G
PARCEL 0013 0000 0000

You will take notice that WVTB LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, Cert No. 2024-C-000123, located in PLATEAU District, LOT 47 WINGROVE SD which was returned delinquent or nonentered in the name of TAYLOR W H ETAL, and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and nonentered lands of FAYETTE County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on April 8, 2025. WVTB LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after February 1, 2026, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before January 31, 2026 will be as follows:

Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2023-21438.
$294.30

Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number
$0.00

Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest to for tax year 2024-21450.
$221.23

Additional taxes with interest.
$0.00

Auditor's Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest.
$180.80

Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State with interest.
$841.85

Additional Statutory Fees with Interest.
$0.00

Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor - cashier check, money order, certified or personal check.
$1,538.18

You may redeem at any time before January 31, 2026 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.

If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.

Given under my hand August 14, 2025.
/s/Christal G. Perry

Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of
Delinquent and Nonentered
Lands of FAYETTE County,
State of West Virginia

Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor's Office,
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1, Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Questions, please call
1-888-509-6568
Posted 45 weeks ago

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Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the Fayette County Clerk's Office at PO Box 569, 100 N Court Street, Suite One Fayetteville, WV 25840-1200. Any person seeking to impeach or establish a will must make a complaint in accordance with the provisions of West Virginia Code 41-5-11 through 13. Any interested person objecting to the qualifications of the personal representative or the venue or jurisdiction of the court, shall file written notice of an objection with the County Commission through the Fayette County Clerk's Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of the first publication or within 30 days of the service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not filed timely, the objection is forever barred. Any person interested in filing claims against an estate must file them in accordance with West Virginia Code 44-2 or 44-3A.

Settlement of the estate(s) of the following named decedent(s) will proceed without reference to a fiduciary commissioner unless within 60 days from the first publication of this notice a reference is requested by a party of interest or an unpaid creditor files a claim and good cause is shown to support reference to a fiduciary commissioner.

Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Claim Deadline: Monday, September 23, 2024
ESTATE NUMBER: 4314
ESTATE NAME: GREGORY ALLEN STICKLER
ADMINISTRATRIX BETH STICKLER
3075 ALASKA MTN RD
MEADOW BRIDGE WV 25976- 7627
FIDUCIARY PAUL O CLAY JR
COMMISSIONER 204 A WEST MAPLE AVENUE
FAYETTEVILLE WV 25840

ESTATE NUMBER: 4329
ESTATE NAME: CARRIE LYNN CARR
ADMINISTRATOR MIKE ANDERSON AKA JOHN MICHAEL ANDERSON
2008 RIVERVIEW ST
AUSTIN TX 78702 5529
FIDUCIARY LARRY E HARRAH II
COMMISSIONER 103 FAYETTE AVE
FAYETTEVILLE WV 25840- 1219

ESTATE NUMBER: 4339
ESTATE NAME: SHIRLEY VAN WILLIS
ADMINISTRATOR MARK G WILLIS
2231 WILLIS BRANCH RD
VICTOR WV 25938-7761

ESTATE NUMBER: 4344
ESTATE NAME: VENICE ARBUTUS WRISTON AKA VENICE A PELL
WRISTON
EXECUTRIX ROSETTA P BASHAM NKA ROSETTA P BLAIR
121 BLUE RIDGE DR
NEWNAN GA 30265-2124

ESTATE NUMBER: 4365
ESTATE NAME: DUANE EUGENE NEELY
ADMINISTRATRIX TERESA S HOGGE
21780 SLATE RANGE
TERRACE
UNIT 103
ASHBURN VA 20147-7802

ESTATE NUMBER: 4378
ESTATE NAME: AUBREY CARL ALLEN
EXECUTRIX LILLIAN SYLVIA ALLEN
615 CENTRAL AVENUE
OAK HILL WV 25901-2403

ESTATE NUMBER: 4382
ESTATE NAME: MARY JANE MURRAY
EXECUTRIX TAMMY LYNN HASKETT
PO BOX 243
KINCAID WV 25119 0243
ATTORNEY PHILIP J TISSUE
303 JONES AVE
OAK HILL WV 25901-2908

ESTATE NUMBER: 4384
ESTATE NAME: LINDA LEVERNE FOSTER
EXECUTOR RICHARD DEAN FOSTER
PO BOX 153
CANNELTON WV 25036-0153

ESTATE NUMBER: 4387
ESTATE NAME: LINDA KAY GARRETTSON
ADMINISTRATRIX LISA M BASHAM
845 SCARBRO RD
SCARBRO WV 25917-8842

ESTATE NUMBER: 4389
ESTATE NAME: CLARENCE LORANE
SMAILES
EXECUTRIX VIVIAN RAINES
708 MAIN AVE
NITRO WV 25143-2140

ESTATE NUMBER: 4393
ESTATE NAME: REGINA MARIE REDDEN
ADMINISTRATRIX KALEY REDDEN
CTA 7933 GATEWOOD RD
FAYETTEVILLE WV 25840- 9006

ESTATE NUMBER: 4394
ESTATE NAME: FLEMING ROOK
HUDDLESTON JR
ADMINISTRATRIX MARSHA HUDDLESTON
95 HUDDLESTON LANE
OAK HILL WV 25901-5673

ESTATE NUMBER: 4396
ESTATE NAME: MICHAEL MCFARLAND
AKA MICHEAL MCFARLAND
ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL GLOVER
1457 THURMOND RD
OAK HILL WV 25901-5791

ESTATE NUMBER: 4397
ESTATE NAME: DONNA RAE UNDERWOOD
ADMINISTRATOR DAVID DOVE
1199 SCARBRO RD
SCARBRO WV 25917-8846

ESTATE NUMBER: 4400
ESTATE NAME: RUTH ANN CAVALIER
ADMINISTRATOR DOUGLAS R WILLIAMS
PO BOX 9
SMITHERS WV 25186-0009

Subscribed and sworn to before me on 7/19/2024

Michelle L. Holly
Clerk of the Fayette County Commission

Notice of Administration to Creditors, Distributees & Legatees

Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the Fayette County Clerk's Office at PO Box 569, 100 N Court Street, Suite One Fayetteville, WV 25840-1200. Any person seeking to impeach or establish a will must make a complaint in accordance with the provisions of West Virginia Code 41-5-11 through 13. Any interested person objecting to the qualifications of the personal representative or the venue or jurisdiction of the court, shall file written notice of an objection with the County Commission through the Fayette County Clerk's Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of the first publication or within 30 days of the service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not filed timely, the objection is forever barred. Any person interested in filing claims against an estate must file them in accordance with West Virginia Code 44-2 or 44-3A.

Settlement of the estate(s) of the following named decedent(s) will proceed without reference to a fiduciary commissioner unless within 60 days from the first publication of this notice a reference is requested by a party of interest or an unpaid creditor files a claim and good cause is shown to support reference to a fiduciary commissioner.

Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Claim Deadline: Monday, September 23, 2024
ESTATE NUMBER: 4314
ESTATE NAME: GREGORY ALLEN STICKLER
ADMINISTRATRIX BETH STICKLER
3075 ALASKA MTN RD
MEADOW BRIDGE WV 25976- 7627
FIDUCIARY PAUL O CLAY JR
COMMISSIONER 204 A WEST MAPLE AVENUE
FAYETTEVILLE WV 25840

ESTATE NUMBER: 4329
ESTATE NAME: CARRIE LYNN CARR
ADMINISTRATOR MIKE ANDERSON AKA JOHN MICHAEL ANDERSON
2008 RIVERVIEW ST
AUSTIN TX 78702 5529
FIDUCIARY LARRY E HARRAH II
COMMISSIONER 103 FAYETTE AVE
FAYETTEVILLE WV 25840- 1219

ESTATE NUMBER: 4339
ESTATE NAME: SHIRLEY VAN WILLIS
ADMINISTRATOR MARK G WILLIS
2231 WILLIS BRANCH RD
VICTOR WV 25938-7761

ESTATE NUMBER: 4344
ESTATE NAME: VENICE ARBUTUS WRISTON AKA VENICE A PELL
WRISTON
EXECUTRIX ROSETTA P BASHAM NKA ROSETTA P BLAIR
121 BLUE RIDGE DR
NEWNAN GA 30265-2124

ESTATE NUMBER: 4365
ESTATE NAME: DUANE EUGENE NEELY
ADMINISTRATRIX TERESA S HOGGE
21780 SLATE RANGE
TERRACE
UNIT 103
ASHBURN VA 20147-7802

ESTATE NUMBER: 4378
ESTATE NAME: AUBREY CARL ALLEN
EXECUTRIX LILLIAN SYLVIA ALLEN
615 CENTRAL AVENUE
OAK HILL WV 25901-2403

ESTATE NUMBER: 4382
ESTATE NAME: MARY JANE MURRAY
EXECUTRIX TAMMY LYNN HASKETT
PO BOX 243
KINCAID WV 25119 0243
ATTORNEY PHILIP J TISSUE
303 JONES AVE
OAK HILL WV 25901-2908

ESTATE NUMBER: 4384
ESTATE NAME: LINDA LEVERNE FOSTER
EXECUTOR RICHARD DEAN FOSTER
PO BOX 153
CANNELTON WV 25036-0153

ESTATE NUMBER: 4387
ESTATE NAME: LINDA KAY GARRETTSON
ADMINISTRATRIX LISA M BASHAM
845 SCARBRO RD
SCARBRO WV 25917-8842

ESTATE NUMBER: 4389
ESTATE NAME: CLARENCE LORANE
SMAILES
EXECUTRIX VIVIAN RAINES
708 MAIN AVE
NITRO WV 25143-2140

ESTATE NUMBER: 4393
ESTATE NAME: REGINA MARIE REDDEN
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ESTATE NUMBER: 4394
ESTATE NAME: FLEMING ROOK
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ADMINISTRATRIX MARSHA HUDDLESTON
95 HUDDLESTON LANE
OAK HILL WV 25901-5673

ESTATE NUMBER: 4396
ESTATE NAME: MICHAEL MCFARLAND
AKA MICHEAL MCFARLAND
ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL GLOVER
1457 THURMOND RD
OAK HILL WV 25901-5791

ESTATE NUMBER: 4397
ESTATE NAME: DONNA RAE UNDERWOOD
ADMINISTRATOR DAVID DOVE
1199 SCARBRO RD
SCARBRO WV 25917-8846

ESTATE NUMBER: 4400
ESTATE NAME: RUTH ANN CAVALIER
ADMINISTRATOR DOUGLAS R WILLIAMS
PO BOX 9
SMITHERS WV 25186-0009

Subscribed and sworn to before me on 7/19/2024

Michelle L. Holly
Clerk of the Fayette County Commission

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CHARLESTON

CASE NO. 24-0557-WS-DSIC

WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY
2025 Distribution System Improvement Charge.

NOTICE OF FILING & HEARING

On June 28, 2024, West Virginia-American Water Company (WVAWC) filed an application for approval of a Distribution System Improvement Plan and Charge (Application) pursuant to the direction of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) in its February 24, 2016 order that resolved WVAWC's 2015 rate application, Case Nos. 15-0675-S-42T and 15-0676-W-42T.

WVAWC proposes to invest approximately $40.6 million in water and $3.2 million in wastewater infrastructure replacement and system upgrades in 2025. The investment will include the replacement of transmission and distribution mains, hydrants, water service lines, meters, wastewater collection mains, manholes, wastewater service lines, pumping equipment, treatment and disposal equipment, and investment in troubled systems. To recover the costs related to the investment WVAWC is requesting an increase to its Distribution System Improvement Charge (DSIC). The projects proposed for 2025 are identified in the Application, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission's offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia, and may be viewed on the Commission's website, www.psc.state.wv.us.

As with the DSIC currently in place, WVAWC proposes to recover costs associated with these investments through a separate rate component on customer bills, calculated as a percentage of the total monthly bill for service (comprised of both the minimum meter charge and the volumetric rate component). WVAWC proposes to include a wastewater system improvement charge as a component of the DSIC rate component to recover proposed qualified investment in wastewater utility plant as authorized by the Commission in its March 1, 2024 order in Case No. 23-0558-WS-DSIC. The proposed DSIC rate combines the Company's DSIC qualified wastewater revenue requirement with its water revenue requirement to calculate a single DSIC rate that is the same percentage adder for both water and wastewater customers.

WVAWC projects that if rate increments are approved as requested, the current 4.23% DSIC/WSIC adder will be increased to 7.01%, representing an increase of approximately 2.78% for average monthly usage bills. The average monthly bill for its various classes of water and sewer customers will change as follows:

Water Service DSIC Rate of 7.01%

Customer Class $ Increase % Increase Average Usage
Residential $1.94 2.78% 3,000 gallons per month
Commercial $10.31 2.78% 16,000 gallons per month
Industrial $252.79 2.78% 650,000 gallons per month
Other Public Authority $43.80 2.78% 33,000 gallons per month
Sale for Resale $1,509.74 2.78% 5,652,000 gallons per month

Wastewater Service WSIC Rate of 7.01%

Customer Class $ Increase % Increase Average Usage
Residential $2.00 2.78% 3,000 gallons per month
Commercial $9.56 2.78% 16,000 gallons per month
Industrial $378.49 2.78% 650,000 gallons per month
Other Public Authority $19.46 2.78% 33,000 gallons per month
Sale for Resale $ N/A 2.78% 5,652,000 gallons per month

The increases shown above are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Each class may receive an increase greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. The requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to changes (increases or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of the filing. The new DSIC rate increment will become effective as ordered by the Commission.

The Commission set a hearing date on the Application which will begin at 9:30 a.m. on November 6, 2024, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission's offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. The Commission may cancel the hearing for good cause shown. Interested persons intending to attend the hearing should monitor the web docket.

Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or request to intervene that briefly states the reason for the protest or request to intervene. Requests to intervene must comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure and must be filed within twenty (20) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission order. The Commission will receive public comments throughout the entirety of the proceeding. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/onlinecomments/default.cfm by clicking the "Formal Case" link.

WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON

CASE NO. 24-0557-WS-DSIC

WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY
2025 Distribution System Improvement Charge.

NOTICE OF FILING & HEARING

On June 28, 2024, West Virginia-American Water Company (WVAWC) filed an application for approval of a Distribution System Improvement Plan and Charge (Application) pursuant to the direction of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) in its February 24, 2016 order that resolved WVAWC's 2015 rate application, Case Nos. 15-0675-S-42T and 15-0676-W-42T.

WVAWC proposes to invest approximately $40.6 million in water and $3.2 million in wastewater infrastructure replacement and system upgrades in 2025. The investment will include the replacement of transmission and distribution mains, hydrants, water service lines, meters, wastewater collection mains, manholes, wastewater service lines, pumping equipment, treatment and disposal equipment, and investment in troubled systems. To recover the costs related to the investment WVAWC is requesting an increase to its Distribution System Improvement Charge (DSIC). The projects proposed for 2025 are identified in the Application, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission's offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia, and may be viewed on the Commission's website, www.psc.state.wv.us.

As with the DSIC currently in place, WVAWC proposes to recover costs associated with these investments through a separate rate component on customer bills, calculated as a percentage of the total monthly bill for service (comprised of both the minimum meter charge and the volumetric rate component). WVAWC proposes to include a wastewater system improvement charge as a component of the DSIC rate component to recover proposed qualified investment in wastewater utility plant as authorized by the Commission in its March 1, 2024 order in Case No. 23-0558-WS-DSIC. The proposed DSIC rate combines the Company's DSIC qualified wastewater revenue requirement with its water revenue requirement to calculate a single DSIC rate that is the same percentage adder for both water and wastewater customers.

WVAWC projects that if rate increments are approved as requested, the current 4.23% DSIC/WSIC adder will be increased to 7.01%, representing an increase of approximately 2.78% for average monthly usage bills. The average monthly bill for its various classes of water and sewer customers will change as follows:

Water Service DSIC Rate of 7.01%

Customer Class $ Increase % Increase Average Usage
Residential $1.94 2.78% 3,000 gallons per month
Commercial $10.31 2.78% 16,000 gallons per month
Industrial $252.79 2.78% 650,000 gallons per month
Other Public Authority $43.80 2.78% 33,000 gallons per month
Sale for Resale $1,509.74 2.78% 5,652,000 gallons per month

Wastewater Service WSIC Rate of 7.01%

Customer Class $ Increase % Increase Average Usage
Residential $2.00 2.78% 3,000 gallons per month
Commercial $9.56 2.78% 16,000 gallons per month
Industrial $378.49 2.78% 650,000 gallons per month
Other Public Authority $19.46 2.78% 33,000 gallons per month
Sale for Resale $ N/A 2.78% 5,652,000 gallons per month

The increases shown above are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Each class may receive an increase greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. The requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to changes (increases or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of the filing. The new DSIC rate increment will become effective as ordered by the Commission.

The Commission set a hearing date on the Application which will begin at 9:30 a.m. on November 6, 2024, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission's offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. The Commission may cancel the hearing for good cause shown. Interested persons intending to attend the hearing should monitor the web docket.

Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or request to intervene that briefly states the reason for the protest or request to intervene. Requests to intervene must comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure and must be filed within twenty (20) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission order. The Commission will receive public comments throughout the entirety of the proceeding. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/onlinecomments/default.cfm by clicking the "Formal Case" link.

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HOPE GAS, INC.
Annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program and Application to Implement Modification to Existing PREP Gathering Program

NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING

On May 31, 2024, Hope Gas, Inc. (Hope) filed its Annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program (PREP) Filing with revised PREP Rates, pursuant to W. Va. Code sect. 24-2-1k, which authorizes the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) to approve cost recovery of projects to replace, upgrade, and expand natural gas utility infrastructure that are deemed to be just and reasonable and in the public interest.

Additionally, pursuant to Commission Order in Case No. 23-0317-G-PC, Hope shall assess and collect a surcharge rate increment (Legacy Surcharge) on each customer that becomes a customer of Hope through Hope's acquisition of additional gas utilities (or their assets) and merged into Hope on and after January 1, 2023. The Legacy Surcharge shall be a rate equal to Hope's PREP rate for the customer's appropriate class.

In its base case PREP Filing, Hope projects PREP capital investment for calendar year 2025 of $65.5 million as part of its General Program (core distribution system) and Gathering Program (gathering facilities) under multi-year plans. The PREP Filing also contains a true-up for actual versus projected 2023 calendar year PREP capital investment activity for both the General Program and the Gathering Program. The PREP covers several categories of plant asset replacements and improvements, including mains, service lines, regulator stations and other plant equipment. These plant investments are proposed to be made in Hope service territories throughout the State. These projects are identified in the PREP Filing, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission's offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.

In this annual PREP filing, Hope is also reconciling actual costs under Southern Public Service Company's (Southern) Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program as directed by the Commission in a prior order approving Hope's acquisition and merger of Southern into Hope.

Hope proposes to recover costs associated with these investments through an increment within the fixed or volumetric, base rate component of its rates depending on the applicable rate schedule under which service is rendered, to be effective on November 1, 2024. Hope projects that if the program and rate increments are approved as requested, the average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed on November 1, 2024, as follows.









The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated classes. Each class may receive an increase greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increase or decrease) by the Commission in its review of this filing. Any increase in rates and charges will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Commission.

The Commission adopted the following procedural schedule:


If the Commission receives no opposition to the PREP Filing within one week of the hearing date, the hearing may be waived, and the Commission may issue a final Order within 150 days of the filing date.

Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written petition to intervene within twenty (20) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission Order. All requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the request to intervene and comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Commission will receive public comments until the beginning of the hearing. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public Comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/online comments/default.cfm by clicking the "Formal Case" link.

HOPE GAS, INC.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON

CASE NO. 24-0496-G-390P

HOPE GAS, INC.
Annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program and Application to Implement Modification to Existing PREP Gathering Program

NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING

On May 31, 2024, Hope Gas, Inc. (Hope) filed its Annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program (PREP) Filing with revised PREP Rates, pursuant to W. Va. Code sect. 24-2-1k, which authorizes the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) to approve cost recovery of projects to replace, upgrade, and expand natural gas utility infrastructure that are deemed to be just and reasonable and in the public interest.

Additionally, pursuant to Commission Order in Case No. 23-0317-G-PC, Hope shall assess and collect a surcharge rate increment (Legacy Surcharge) on each customer that becomes a customer of Hope through Hope's acquisition of additional gas utilities (or their assets) and merged into Hope on and after January 1, 2023. The Legacy Surcharge shall be a rate equal to Hope's PREP rate for the customer's appropriate class.

In its base case PREP Filing, Hope projects PREP capital investment for calendar year 2025 of $65.5 million as part of its General Program (core distribution system) and Gathering Program (gathering facilities) under multi-year plans. The PREP Filing also contains a true-up for actual versus projected 2023 calendar year PREP capital investment activity for both the General Program and the Gathering Program. The PREP covers several categories of plant asset replacements and improvements, including mains, service lines, regulator stations and other plant equipment. These plant investments are proposed to be made in Hope service territories throughout the State. These projects are identified in the PREP Filing, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission's offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.

In this annual PREP filing, Hope is also reconciling actual costs under Southern Public Service Company's (Southern) Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program as directed by the Commission in a prior order approving Hope's acquisition and merger of Southern into Hope.

Hope proposes to recover costs associated with these investments through an increment within the fixed or volumetric, base rate component of its rates depending on the applicable rate schedule under which service is rendered, to be effective on November 1, 2024. Hope projects that if the program and rate increments are approved as requested, the average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed on November 1, 2024, as follows.









The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated classes. Each class may receive an increase greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increase or decrease) by the Commission in its review of this filing. Any increase in rates and charges will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Commission.

The Commission adopted the following procedural schedule:


If the Commission receives no opposition to the PREP Filing within one week of the hearing date, the hearing may be waived, and the Commission may issue a final Order within 150 days of the filing date.

Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written petition to intervene within twenty (20) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission Order. All requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the request to intervene and comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Commission will receive public comments until the beginning of the hearing. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public Comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/online comments/default.cfm by clicking the "Formal Case" link.

HOPE GAS, INC.

Posted 101 weeks ago
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