4761941 Public Service Commission - Proposed Rulemaking - GT 2014-01, In the Matter of the Application of Washington Gas Light Company for Authority to Amend General Service Provision No. 4

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

GT 2014-01, IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO AMEND GENERAL SERVICE PROVISION NO. 4

 

            1.         The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (“Commission”) hereby gives notice, pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 2-505 (2001 ed.), of its intent to act upon the Application of Washington Gas Light Company (“WGL” or “Company”) in not less than 30 days from the date of publication of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) in the D.C. Register.

 

2.         On February 4, 2014, WGL filed an Application for Authority to Amend General Service Provision No. 4 to implement Fee-Free Credit/Debit Card Service (“Card Service”) for the Company’s residential and small commercial customers in the District of Columbia.[1]  The Company seeks approval of the Card Service, “which will eliminate the fee paid by the Company’s residential and small commercial customers to a third-party processor for credit/debit card bill payments.”[2]  WGL proposes to make this service available to District of Columbia residential and commercial customers at no cost.  Currently, customers are charged $4.55 to pay their bills with a credit/debit card, which is paid directly to the third-party processor.[3]  According to WGL, with this new service, these customers will avoid all fees when paying their WGL gas bills with a credit or debit card.  In addition, the Company states that delinquent customers trying to pay arrearages will be eligible to pay by credit or debit card.[4]

 

3.         To effect these changes, WGL proposes to revise the following tariff page:

 

Washington Gas Light Company – District of Columbia, P.S.C. of D.C. No. 3

First Revised Page No. 36A

 

4.         WGL’s Application is on file with the Commission and may be reviewed at the Office of the Commission Secretary, 1333 H Street, N.W., Second Floor, West Tower, Washington DC, 20005, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or may be viewed on the Commission’s website at www.dcpsc.org.  Copies of the proposed tariff page are also available upon request from the Commission’s Secretary at a per page reproduction cost.

5.         Comments on WGL’s Application shall be made in writing and addressed to Brinda Westbrook-Sedgwick, Commission Secretary, at the above address.  All comments must be received within 30 days of the date of publication of this NOPR in the D.C. Register.  Persons wishing to file reply comments may do so no later than 45 days from the date of publication of this NOPR in the D.C. Register.  Once the comment period has expired, the Commission will take final action on WGL’s Application.

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[1]               GT 2014-01, In the Matter of the Application of Washington Gas Light Company for Authority to Amend General Service Provision No. 4 (“GT 2014-01”), Application of Washington Gas Light Company for Authority to Amend General Service Provision No. 4, filed February 4, 2014 (“WGL’s Application”).

 

[2]               WGL’s Application at 1.

 

[3]               Id.

 

[4]               Id. at 1-2.