| Petition on Availability of Customer Lists to Gas Suppliers | |
| A Petition has been filed by a number of competitive suppliers requesting that the Commission issue, "an Order declaring that natural gas distribution companies continue to be responsible under the Commission's Regulations and Orders to provide customer lists to natural gas suppliers in their service territories upon request and that said customer list must include the complete information required by the Commission's Orders, unless otherwise restricted by the customer." The Petition discusses recent practice by Columbia of making customer lists available at a fee, but withholding a "check digit" from the customer account, purportedly to prevent customer slamming. The Petition also discussed NFG's unwillingness to provide customer lists to suppliers premised on its interpretation of Commission orders. The Petition requests that the Commission issue an Order that, "continues to require that NGDCs regularly update their customer lists at no charge to NGSs, and that they provide those complete customer lists to NGSs at no charge." In the alternative, the Petition requests that the Commission, "issue an Prder requiring all NGDCs to update and provide the customer lists, as specified in the Final Order, pending the outcome of a process to determine what data elements should be provided to NGSs and how often the lists must be refreshed, and what if any fees are to be charged for providing such lists for the indefinite future." The full text of the Petition is available on the NEM Website. | |
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