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Enbridge Gas Utah seeks one-month interim infrastructure rate increase; Division backs interim approval
Summary
Enbridge Gas Utah asked the Utah Public Service Commission to approve an interim infrastructure tracker adjustment that would add $2,398,474 in annual revenues and raise a typical customer’s bill by about $1.12 per year (roughly $0.09 per month). The Division of Public Utilities recommended interim approval and both parties agreed to the Division’s comments.
Enbridge Gas Utah asked the Utah Public Service Commission on Nov. 20, 2025, to approve a one-month interim adjustment to its infrastructure tracker, seeking $2,398,474 in annual revenue related to replacement projects placed in service as of Oct. 31, 2025. Tyson Louder, a regulatory analyst for Enbridge, testified for the company and said the change would raise a typical residential customer’s bill by roughly $1.12 per year — about $0.09 (9.3 cents) per month — while the company’s pending general rate case is resolved.
“The company requests these rates to be approved on an interim basis with an effective date of 12/01/2025,” Louder said, summarizing the application and explaining that the requested tracker revenues would be in effect only until new base rates from the pending general rate case take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Louder told the Commission the company included actual capital spend through 2024 and forecasted investment for 2025–2026 in the general rate case and that, on Jan. 1, 2026, tracker rates would be set to zero for amounts already included in base rates.
The Division of Public Utilities recommended the same interim approval. Eric Orton, a utility technical consultant with the Division, testified that the Division’s preliminary review supports granting the proposed rates on an interim basis, effective Dec. 1, 2025, and that the Division will complete an audit and recommend any adjustments if it identifies imprudently incurred costs. “The division recommends the commission approve the proposed rates on an interim basis until the division can complete its audit,” Orton said.
The Commission admitted the company’s application and exhibits 1.1–1.6 into the record and also admitted the Division’s comments filed Nov. 12, 2025. There was no cross-examination of the Division’s witness by the company, and the parties confirmed agreement with the Division’s filing during the hearing.
The company requested the interim change because the assets at issue were placed in service after the time frame covered by the company’s pending general rate case but before base rates would be reset. Louder said the company will not collect duplicate recovery: the tracker would be set to zero once the general rate case incorporates forecasted investments, and the company will not file for tracker recovery again until incremental investment exceeds amounts included in base rates.
Next steps: the Division will conclude its audit of the application and may recommend adjustments to the Commission if it finds imprudently incurred costs; the interim rate, if granted, would be effective Dec. 1, 2025, and is expected to be superseded by the new base rates on Jan. 1, 2026.
