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PURA procedural conference ends with no agreement; authority will treat CNG/SCG applications "anew" absent court clarification
Summary
At a PURA procedural conference on the remand of two 2023 gas rate cases, the companies urged using the prior evidentiary record to avoid years of delay and millions in costs; interveners and state agencies pushed back, saying the superior court ordered the applications be treated "as if newly filed." PURA said it will consider the original applications anew unless the court provides guidance.
Interim Commissioner Holly Cheeseman said the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority would treat the remanded rate applications "anew" unless the court clarifies how evidence from the prior proceeding should be used.
The authority convened a procedural conference to address the remand of two 2023 rate-case decisions—docket 23-11-O2—and to hear parties on whether the evidentiary record from that case should be incorporated into two new dockets (25-11-13 for Southern Connecticut Gas Company and 25-11-14 for Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation). The companies asked PURA to adopt a targeted, expedited process that would rely on much of the prior record; interveners argued the court's remand required a newly filed application.
The companies, represented by counsel Bridal Vaughn and company witnesses including Jacob Pruetz (senior director of revenue requirements) and Christy Prescott (UIL vice president, regulatory), presented a five-step approach: a scheduling conference, a company statement of issues on seven identified drivers, an opportunity for party responses, technical meetings or hearings, and a staggered briefing schedule leading to…
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