PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

The Commission is considering proposed tariff amendments filed by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation to modify P.S.C. No. 9 — Gas to create a Pension and Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Surcredit and other housekeeping changes.

Tariff modifications to create a new surcredit and housekeeping changes.

To ensure safe and adequate service at just and reasonable rates charged to customers without undue preferences.

The Commission is considering proposed tariff amendments filed by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (NFG) to amend its gas tariff schedule, P.S.C. No. 9 – Gas. NFG proposes to create a Pension and Other Post-Employment (OPEB) surcredit (Surcredit) as well as other housekeeping changes. The proposed amendments have an effective date of October 1, 2022.

NFG proposes this new Surcredit to pass back approximately $14,994,000 collected annually in base rates for pension and OEPB expense established in the Commission’s Order Establishing Rates for Gas Service, issued in Case 16-G-0257 on April 20, 2017. NFG is subject to the Commission’s Pension Policy Statement, under which it must account for all pension and OPEB expenses by deferring any difference between actual pension and OPEB expenses and the amount allowed to be recovered through rates. At present, NFG is over-collecting pension and OPEB expense and deferring the amounts as a regulatory liability. The Surcredit will remain in effect until modified by the Commission or until December 31, 2024, whichever is earlier.

The first housekeeping revision clarifies that a surcharge calculated on the basis of an equal percentage of transportation charges for all applicable service classifications shall be deferred for ratepayer benefit for the Partnership to Revitalize the Industrial Manufacturing Economy of Western New York participants for contracts executed between December 1, 2018, and November 30, 2024. The second housekeeping revision removes reference to the PSC Audits and Assessment Charge as a reconcilable item within the Company’s Delivery Adjustment Clause as, the PSC Audits and Assessment Charge is no longer reconcilable. The third housekeeping revision reflects that the Community Choice Aggregation tariff is set forth in General Rules, Regulations, Terms, and conditions at II.52, instead of II.53.

The full text of the filing and the full record of the proceeding may be reviewed online at the Department of Public Service web page: www.dps.ny.gov. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the action proposed and may resolve related matters.

John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email: [email protected]

Michelle L. Phillips, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email: [email protected]

60 days after publication of this notice.