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VA · gas · PUR-2025-00209

Roanoke Gas — 2025 general rate case

Bottom line

The request uses Roanoke Gas's currently authorized 9.90% ROE rather than asking the Commission to reset ROE. Interim rates remain subject to refund until the SCC decides the case.

Case summary

Roanoke Gas filed an expedited request for $4.29 million of additional annual non-gas base revenue. The July 15 evidentiary hearing has occurred; no final order is yet recorded.

Latest development
Evidentiary hearing

Jul 15, 2026

Next event
No scheduled event

Not scheduled

Case stage

Regulatory process

hearing

  1. Filed

    Dec 2, 2025

  2. Testimony

    Not recorded

  3. Hearings

    Jul 15, 2026

  4. Briefing

    Not recorded

  5. Decision

    Not recorded

  6. Rates effective

    Not recorded

State rules

Base-rate reviews and adjustment mechanisms in Virginia

This docket is a full base-rate review. Selected charges can change on separate schedules without reopening every issue in this case.

Full base-rate review

Application-based

Gas utilities file rate applications under the SCC's general rate-case rules rather than the Phase I and Phase II electric review schedule.

Rate period: Filing-specific schedules and supporting statements under the SCC rate-case rules.

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Between full reviews

No separate recurring mechanism is identified in the current state profile for this service.

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Current case economics

Economics

Filed request and any outcome captured in this docket.

MetricUtility requestCurrent case outcomeLike-for-like difference
Annual revenue increase

$4.29M

Expedited application period

Not available

No outcome yet

Rate base

$199.78M

Expedited application period · Dec 2, 2025

Not available

No outcome yet

Return on equity

9.9%

Expedited application period · Dec 2, 2025

Not available

No outcome yet

Common equity ratio

58.73%

Expedited application period · Dec 2, 2025

Not available

No outcome yet

Residential bill impact

0

Expedited application period · Dec 2, 2025

Not available

No outcome yet

Utility context

Prior authorizations, mechanism values, actuals, and company projections are shown separately because they are not default like-for-like case comparisons.

Annual revenue change

authorized · Authorized annual base-rate revenue increase · Apr 10, 2025

$4.08M

Common equity ratio

authorized · Authorized common-equity share in the stipulated capital structure effective July 1, 2024 · Apr 10, 2025

58.18%

Return on equity

authorized · Authorized ROE for earnings tests and expedited proceedings under the stipulated capital structure effective July 1, 2024 · Apr 10, 2025

9.9%

Full docket record

2 events · 4 documents · 3 citations

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Last updated
Jul 21, 2026
Docket reviewed
Jul 21, 2026
Economics reviewed
Jul 21, 2026
Official documents
4
Evidence citations
3

Docket history

Material filings, hearings, orders, and effective dates.

  1. Dec 2, 2025

    Expedited rate application filed

    official commission · completed

  2. Jul 15, 2026

    Evidentiary hearing

    official commission · completed

Documents

Docket and evidence documents linked to this proceeding.

Virginia SCC case information — PUR-2025-00209

official docket · direct ·

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Virginia SCC case information

official docket · primary ·

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Roanoke Gas order for notice and hearing

evidence · direct · Dec 29, 2025

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Roanoke Gas filed rate schedules in PUR-2025-00209

evidence · direct · Dec 2, 2025

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Citations

Field-level excerpts and review metadata supporting material facts.

Roanoke Gas filed rate schedules in PUR-2025-00209

utility filing · Dec 2, 2025

Roanoke Gas filed rate schedules in PUR-2025-00209

utility filing · Dec 2, 2025

Roanoke Gas order for notice and hearing

commission order · Dec 29, 2025

Raw observations

Stage-preserving economics and party positions as published in the canonical record.

MetricStagePartyPeriodValueEvidence
Common equity ratioutility requestRoanoke Gas CompanyExpedited application period58.73%
Overall rate of returnutility requestRoanoke Gas CompanyExpedited application period7.72%
Rate baseutility requestRoanoke Gas CompanyExpedited application period$199.78M
Annual revenue changeutility requestRoanoke Gas CompanyExpedited application period$4.29M
Residential monthly bill impactutility requestRoanoke Gas CompanyExpedited application period0
Return on equityutility requestRoanoke Gas CompanyExpedited application period9.9%