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Docket No.20170179-GU Florida City Gas approximately 108,000 residential, commercial and industrial natural gas customers in Florida's Miami-Dade, Brevard, St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Glades, Hendry, Broward, and Indian River counties. I, REQUEST FOR PERMANENT RATE RELIEF 4) FCG filed its last rate case in 2003 and its current rates were established in Docket No. 20030569-GU, by Order No. PSC-2004-0128-PAA-GU, issued February 9, 2004, using a test year ending September 30, 2004. The case was handled as a Proposed Agency Action proceeding under Section 366.06(4), Florida Statutes. The outcome of that case was that the Commission determined that FCG's rate base for the projected test year was$119,897,447. The Commission then granted the Company a revenue increase of $6,699,655 with a return on common equity("ROE")midpoint of 11.25%. 5) Since that time, FCG has maintained its focus on the customer as reflected by its service quality, while also effectively managing ing its costs such that it has been able to avoid seeking a g base rate increase for nearly 14 years. As set forth in the testimony and exhibits of FCG's witnesses, cost saving measures, such as becoming a part of the AGLR shared services model deployment of various technology and FCG's solutions, have created significant operational efficiencies that have helped the Company maintain its rates at the same level over this extended period. The Company has seen, however, an increase in its cost to serve customers, which has contributed to its declining rate of return. At present, the Company's current rates and charges no longer allow it to earn a fair and reasonable rate of return nor do they yield reasonable compensation for services provided, which FCG is entitled to under Section 366.06(3), Florida Statutes. As of June 2017, FCG was earning an overall rate of return of 4.86% on a pro forma adjusted basis with an ROE of 7.91%, excluding the AGLR acquisition adjustment and