NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE PURCHASED GAS RATES Notice is hereby given that Peoples Gas WV LLC, a public utility, has filed with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, an application containing decreased purchased gas rates for furnishing natural gas service to 12,717 customers in the Counties of Northwestern Barbour, Braxton, Clay Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ritchie, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur and Wetzel The proposed decreased rates will become effective November 1, 2018 unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately $217,877 annually in decreased revenue, a decrease of 1.8%. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows Residential Commercial Industrial $) Decrease 1.00 $4.65 $23.40 (%) Decrease 1.7% 1.9 % 2.0 % The decreases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Each class ma receive an increase or decrease greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive decreases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested decreased rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increases or decreases] by the Public Service Commission in its review of this filing. Any decrease in rates and charges will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Public Service Commission. If a hearing is conducted, notice will be given of the time and place of hearing.l A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative of the Company to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at any of the following offices of the Company: 1192 Hoult Road, Fairmont, WV 26554 A copy of the proposed rates is available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia The 30-C procedure is designed to provide a procedure for changing rates charged to customers by natural gas distribution utilities based exclusively on the cost of purchased gas. Consequently, protest should be limited to the reasonableness of such costs and the method by which they are calculated Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or notice of intervention within twenty-five (25) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission order. Failure to timely intervene can affect your rights to protest any rate increases and to participate in future proceedings. Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission's rules on intervention et forth in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. All protests and interventions should be addressed to Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, PO Box 812 Charleston, WV 25323 PEOPLES