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DOCKET NO. 20170179 -GU <br />Without the requested revenue increase, FCG projects that its overall rate of return will <br />fall to 3.10%, well below its currently authorized rate of return of 6.27%. As such, FCG's ability <br />to continue to provide consistent reliable service at the level to which our customers expect and <br />deserve will be jeopardized. <br />To produce the requested permanent revenue increase, the Company has also filed <br />revised tariff schedules which include the requested rate increases. The adjustments to the <br />various rates and charges, and the changes made to the different rate classes, are based upon a <br />cost of service study, which was then used to allocate costs across the Company's different rate <br />classes. While revisions vary from rate class to rate class, a typical residential customer would <br />see a total bill increase of $1.73/month, which equates to a 6.4% increase to their bill, with SAFE <br />and gas costs (PGA) included. A comparison of the present and proposed rates is attached to this <br />Synopsis as Appendix A, along with a copy of the Executive Summary submitted with the <br />Company's filing at the Commission. <br />V. Additional Requests <br />In addition to the requested rate increase, the Company is also seeking Commission <br />approval to take several additional items and actions, including: <br />1) Approval of the Company's Depreciation Study; <br />2) Authorization to make certain adjustments to its rate structure, namely to <br />create residential and commercial classes, to consolidate certain industrial rate <br />classes, and eliminate or close certain rate classes and riders; <br />3) Authorization to make certain changes to its customer charges, including <br />adding new customer charges, such as a Failed Trip Charge, which will help <br />reduce upward pressure on base rates by assessing the charges directly to the <br />customers that cause the underlying cost; <br />4) Authorization to implement the proposed Economic Development Extension <br />Program, to encourage new business growth by making it more economically <br />feasible to extend service to new customers; <br />5) Authorization to revise its transportation service tariff to allow it to expand the <br />allocation of its capacity costs to include an amount to be allocated to Third <br />Party Shippers who serve transportation customers on the Company's system; <br />5 Page <br />T� <br />