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Enbridge outlines rural expansion pipeline, caps tied to rate case revenue limits
Summary
Enbridge said several rural expansion projects are underway, that the company is managing buildouts to stay under statutory caps calculated from the most recent general rate case revenue, and that Portage and other communities are next in line pending local engagement and cap availability.
SALT LAKE CITY — Enbridge Gas Utah updated the commission on rural expansion activity, sign‑up rates in recent builds, and how ceiling caps based on the company’s most recent general rate case constrain how much investment the company can add for no‑cost service lines.
Austin Summers, Enbridge Gas Utah, reviewed the company’s active and proposed rural builds (Eureka, Goshen, Green River, Genoa and Portage among others) and said Enbridge has stopped offering free service lines in Eureka and Goshen. He reported that Portage would be constructed in the coming year and Uptake in some communities — for example, Green River — still had a signup window.
The nut graf: Rural expansion proceeds under a statutory cap mechanism that uses the utility’s revenue requirement from its most recent general rate case as the base. Summers said the company calculates both a rolling three‑year 2% cap and a cumulative 5% cap tied to revenue requirement figures from the last rate case.
Summers gave the revenue figure from the most recent general rate case as $481,000,000 and described the numerical caps: the 2% cap corresponds to about $88,600,000 of investment before the three‑year rolling cap is reached; the 5% aggregate cap corresponds to roughly $221,000,000 of investment (both numbers were presented as company calculations). He explained earlier rural expansion tracker investments will drop out of the rolling cap as they age and that the next general rate case (planned to be effective January 2026 if approved) will change the baseline for future cap calculations.
Summers said Enbridge is evaluating candidate communities and will prioritize those that respond to outreach and provide timely information for canvassing and bids; some municipalities that have not responded to Enbridge inquiries have been left off imminent build lists. He said the firm expects to seek approval for new communities in the third quarter of the year for construction in 2026.
Ending: Enbridge emphasized the caps as a limiting factor and said it will pace expansions to remain below the statutory thresholds tied to rate‑case revenue calculations.
