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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY

COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA, INC., TO REVISE ITS

TARIFF TO AMEND THE ENROLLMENT PROVISIONS OF

ITS BUDGET PAYMENT PLAN

CASE NO. PUE-2009 00024

On April 16, 2009. Columbia Gas of Virgin-a Inc ^Columbia Gas" or the ‘Company', f e: aaop 'celc" with the Stale Corporation Comrisaon /Comm ssen't request ng autnonty to wse is lar ff to amend the e-sj. men doh s-.-s ot ts Budget Payment Plan to Tove he anrjai erroi’roent period hot August to May T~e Compary's 6.. gel Payment P an 'educes tie effect of winter heating bits on •esidentia Customers by spreading the higher winter 'eat ng costs TO'e eve- y t" mug "Out the year Budget Payment Plan customers pay a smge ievenzed budget payment amou't eve", month ol the August through uuty Budget Payment Pian cycle Each cuslome''s budget payment amount s ca a; atec basec or the gas usage msfcry a! the customer's address, norma weather over the previous 30 years, and the ament anc est mated cost of naf.-a gas The Company typcaity reviews each Budget Pay rent Pia" Customer's budget accoud m Mam" a-c ca~ aa.ust re mo"fh y budget amount if necessary, to Keep the customer on tracs with ms actual account baarce r fe :ast month of tie Budget Payment Plan cycle, participating customers are bfiec the a ffe'ence between artua gas cons-mec cur ng me :2-mo"t". bar pe'-oc ano the actual amount pad dunng the pmviojs 11 months

The Company proposes to modify the amuai e^roiment period for the Budget Payment Pa- hum August to May The Company represents that the Budget Payment P'a" wil! operate in a v lually oer'tca; manne' tc p>e Current Budget Payment Plan, except that the Budget Payment Plan yea' w nm from May through April -at"er t"a" horn A.,gust t"r0ug" _ utv arc |ne intra-year review and associated ad.ustments to the budget amount wit occu' n December rat"t" tra- - Marc"

The Company pars to expand the Budget Payment Pta- cycle to end in Apr 20'' 'at’ e- tna-> ...y zO‘0 for customers en'otlmg m the Budget Payment Plan for the upcoming Budget Payment Pia" between A„g..st 2909 anc Apnt 20-0 Tr s expansion of the jpcormrg Budget Payment Pan cycie is specif .catty designed tc ersure a seam ess fars-tion to he "ew May ennpilment penod Customers who enmil by paymg the budget amount designated o" men August 2009 m w be made awa'e of the 21-month transitional Budget Payment Plan penod v.a a bit message Customers who e-roii tnroug" me Company's Customer Contact Center or its website between August 2009 and Apr' 2010 wit I new se be informed of the exle'xiec t'ansilionai Budget Payment P an penod

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