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Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities

Request for Change in Rates

TAB	DATE	DESCRIPTION	FILED BY
1	07/01/20	Request for Change in Rates Cover Letter Request	Michael J. Sheehan
2	07/03/20	Sec Ltr Acknowledgment	Debra A. Howland
3	07/08/20	OCA Ltr of participation	D. Maurice Kreis
4	07/31/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Distribution Service Rate Case Confidential Material in Commission File Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Distribution Service Rate Case Cover Letter Petition for Permanent and Temporary Rates Motion for Protective Order and Confidential Treatment regarding Compensation Information Motion for Waiver of Puc 1605.02 Clean Copy of Tariff Proposed Notice to Customers Rate Case Filing Requirements Pursuant to Puc 1604.01(a) Direct Testimony David B. Simek and Kenneth A. Sosnick Temporary Rates Attachments D. Simek and K. Sosnick Temp Rates Direct Testimony Susan L. Fleck Direct Testimony David B. Simek and Kenneth A. Sosnick Attachments D. Simek and K. Sosnick Direct Testimony David B. Simek and Catherine A. McNamara Attachments D. Simek and C. McNamara Direct Testimony William J. Clark and Mark R. Stevens Attachments W. Clark and M. Stevens Direct Testimony Brian R. Frost, Robert A. Mostone and Heather M. Tebbetts Attachments B, Frost, R. Mostone and H. Tebbetts Direct Testimony Steven E. Mullen Attachments S. Mullen Direct Testimony Matthew J. Decourcey Attachments M. Decourcey Direct Testimony Kenneth A. Sosnick Attachments K. Sosnick Direct Testimony John Cochrane Attachments J. Cochrane Tariff NHPUC No. 11 Perm Rates	Michael J. Sheehan
5	08/11/20	Staff request for paper copies of Liberty (ENGI) dba Liberty Distribution Service Rate Case filing 07/31/20	Staff
6	08/12/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty response to staff request for paper copies	Michael J. Sheehan
7	08/17/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty request for service list change	Michael J. Sheehan
8	08/19/20	Order No. 26,395 Suspending Tariff and Scheduling Prehearing Conference and Hearing on Temporary Rates	NHPUC
9	08/25/20	Staff Ltr withdrawing request for paper copies	Staff
10	08/25/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty appearance of Jessica Buno Ralston and Daniel P. Venora Cover Letter Appearance	Michael J. Sheehan
11	08/26/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty affidavit of publication	Michael J. Sheehan
12	09/03/20	Clerk Report	Staff
13	09/09/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty corrected filing requirements 1604.01(a)(14) Cover Letter Corrected filing Confidential filing in Commission File	Michael J. Sheehan
14	09/10/20	Sec Ltr remote hearing guideline letter	Debra A. Howland
15	09/14/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty filing Joint Exhibit and Witness Lists Cover Letter Exhibits List Witness List	Michael J. Sheehan
16	09/15/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty filing rev Joint Exhibits List Cover Letter Exhibits List	Michael J. Sheehan
17	09/16/20	Clerk Report	Staff
18	09/21/20	Transcript of hearing held 09/03/20	Steven E. Patnaude
19	09/23/20	Staff report of technical session and proposed procedural schedule	Staff
20	09/30/20	Order No. 26,412 Approving Temporary Rates	NHPUC
21	10/05/20	Transcript of hearing held 09/16/20	Steven E. Patnaude
22	10/05/20	Sec Ltr Approving proposed procedural schedule	Debra A. Howland
23	10/30/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty rate case expenses Cover Letter Expenses	Steven E. Mullen
24	11/20/20	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Motion to Amend Petition, Motion for Protective Order and Confidential Treatment and Supplemental Testimony of Francisco C. DaFonte, William R. Killeen and Steven E. Mullen Confidential Material in Commission File Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Motion to Amend Petition, Motion for Protective Order and Confidential Treatment and Supplemental Testimony of Francisco C. DaFonte, William R. Killeen and Steven E. Mullen Cover Letter Motion to Amend Motion for Protective Order and Confidential Treatment Supplemental Testimony of Francisco C. DaFonte, William R. Killeen and Steven E. Mullen	Michael J. Sheehan
25	12/03/20	Staff report on technical session and proposed procedural schedule	Staff
26	12/10/20	Sec Ltr approving amended procedural schedule	Debra A. Howland
27	12/11/20	OCA request for service list change	D. Maurice Kreis
28	12/18/20	Supplemental Order of Notice	Debra A. Howland
29	01/04/21	Staff Ltr proposed procedural schedule	Staff
30	01/05/21	Sec Ltr rescheduling technical session	Debra A. Howland
31	01/27/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty rate case expenses Cover Letter Expenses	Steven E. Mullen
32	03/02/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty updated report of proposed rate changes and updated attachments Cover Letter Report of Proposed Rate Changes Attachments DBS/KAS-1 Attachments KAS-2 and KAS-3 Attachments MCOS 1-6 Attachments RATES 1-8	Steven E. Mullen
33	03/03/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty replacement of updated attachments DBS/KAS-1	Steven E. Mullen
34	03/18/21	OCA Ltr testimony of Pradip Chattopadhyay, Al-Azad Iqbal, and Jerome D. Mierzwa Cover Letter Testimony of Pradip Chattopadhyay Attachments- P. Chattopadhyay Testimony of Al-Azad Iqbal Attachments-A. Iqbal Testimony of Jerome D. Mierzwa	D. Maurice Kreis
35	03/18/21	Staff testimony of Stephen P. Frink, J. Randall Woolridge, and Donna H. Mullinax Cover Letter Testimony of Stephen P. Frink Attachments-S. Frink Testimony of J. Randall Woolridge Attachments-J. Woolridge Testimony of Donna H. Mullinax Attachments-D. Mullinax	Staff
36	03/18/21	OCA Request for Service List Change	D. Maurice Kreis
37	03/23/21	Staff errata sheet to Stephen P. Frink testimony Cover Letter Errata Sheet	Staff
38	04/15/21	Staff proposed change to procedural schedule	Staff
39	04/15/21	Sec Ltr Scheduling Settlement Conference	Debra A. Howland
40	04/27/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty rate case expenses Cover Letter Expenses	Steven E. Mullen
41	04/29/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Rebuttal Testimony and Motion for Confidential Treatment Confidential Material in Commission File Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Rebuttal Testimony and Motion for Confidential Treatment Cover Letter Motion Rebuttal Testimony David B. Simek and Kenneth A. Sosnick Attachments D. Simek and K. Sosnick Rebuttal Testimony William J. Clark and Steven E. Mullen Attachments W. Clark and S. Mullen Rebuttal Testimony Steven E. Mullen Rebuttal Testimony John Cochrane Attachments J. Cochrane Rebuttal Testimony Brian R. Frost, Robert A. Mostone and Heather M. Tebbetts Rebuttal Testimony Francisco C. Dafonte, William Killeen and Steve E. Mullen	Michael J. Sheehan
42	05/21/21	Staff proposed procedural schedule change	Staff
43	05/24/21	Sec Ltr cancelling hearings	Debra A. Howland
44	05/24/21	Staff proposed procedural schedule change	Staff
45	05/28/21	Staff proposed procedural schedule change	Staff
46	05/28/21	Sec Ltr approving proposed procedural schedule change	Debra A. Howland
47	06/03/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty witness/exhibit lists and appearance of Cheryl M. Kimball Cover Letter Witness list Exhibit list Appearance	Michael J. Sheehan
48	06/07/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Motion for Confidential Treatment for Discovery Responses	Michael J. Sheehan
49	06/07/21	Staff updated target date for filing settlement	Staff
50	06/07/21	Clerk Report	Staff
51	06/08/21	Clerk Report	Staff
52	06/10/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty filing Record Requests Cover Letter Exhibit 24 Exhibit 25 Exhibit 26 Exhibit 27	Michael J. Sheehan
53	06/17/21	Staff request to cancel hearing	Staff
54	06/18/21	Sec Ltr cancelling hearing	Debra A. Howland
55	06/22/21	Transcript of hearing held 06/07/21 Confidential Material in Commission File Transcript of hearing held 06/07/21	Steven E. Patnaude
56	06/22/21	Transcript of hearing held 06/08/21-afternoon only Confidential Material in Commission File Transcript of hearing held 06/08/21-afternoon only	Steven E. Patnaude
57	06/23/21	Transcript of hearing held 06/08/21-morning only Confidential Material in Commission File Transcript of hearing held 06/08/21-morning only	Susan J. Robidas
58	06/25/21	OCA Post Hearing Brief Cover Letter Brief	D. Maurice Kreis
59	06/25/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Initial Brief Confidential Material in Commission File Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Initial Brief Cover Letter Brief	Michael J. Sheehan
60	06/25/21	Staff Legal Brief Cover Letter Brief	Staff
61	06/29/21	OCA Reply Brief Cover Letter Reply Brief	D. Maurice Kreis
62	06/29/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Reply Brief Confidential Material in Commission File Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Reply Brief Cover Letter Reply Brief	Michael J. Sheehan
63	06/30/21	OCA revised page 9 of reply brief Cover Letter Page 9	D. Maurice Kreis
64	06/30/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Settlement Agreement Cover Letter Settlement Agreement Attachments	Michael J. Sheehan
65	07/06/21	New Hampshire Department of Energy request to schedule a hearing	Paul B. Dexter
66	07/09/21	Supplemental Order of Notice	NHPUC
67	07/09/21	Scheduling Hearing Letter	NHPUC
68	07/09/21	Hearing Guidelines Letter	NHPUC
69	07/09/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty joint witness and exhibit lists	Michael J. Sheehan
70	07/12/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty affidavit of publication	Michael J. Sheehan
71	07/12/21	New Hampshire Department of Energy notice of Appearance of Paul B. Dexter	Paul B. Dexter
72	07/13/21	Clerk Report	Staff
73	07/16/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty filing Record Requests marked as exhibits 51, 52, 53 and 54 Cover Letter Exhibit 51 Exhibit 52 Exhibit 53 Exhibit 54 Marked as Exhibits 51, 52, 53 and 54 at 07/13/21 Hearing	Michael J. Sheehan
74	07/16/21	New Hampshire Department of Energy letter stating will respond to record request 7-19-21	Paul B. Dexter
75	07/19/21	New Hampshire Department of Energy filing Record Request marked as exhibit 55 Cover Letter Exhibit 55 Marked as Exhibit 55 at 7/13/21 Hearing	Paul B. Dexter
76	07/30/21	Order No. 26,505 Settlement Agreement and Permanent Rates	NHPUC
77	08/02/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty rate case expenses Cover Letter Expenses	Steven E. Mullen
78	08/03/21	OCA request for service list changes	Donald M. Kreis
79	08/03/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty request for service list changes	Michael J. Sheehan
80	08/04/21	Transcript of hearing held 07/13/21	Steven E. Patnaude
81	08/13/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty compliance tariff Cover Letter Tariff Original NHPUC No. 11 superseding NHPUC No. 10	Catherine A. McNamara
82	08/23/21	NHPUC Letter Procedural Schedule Reminder	NHPUC
83	08/23/21	OCA request for service list changes	Donald M. Kreis
84	08/24/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Motion for Rehearing on Implementation of Step Adjustment Cover Letter Motion	Michael J. Sheehan
85	08/24/21	OCA request for service list changes	Donald M. Kreis
86	08/30/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Motions for Rate Case Expenses Confidential Material in Commission File Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Motions for Rate Case Expenses Cover Letter Motion for Confidential Treatment Motion for Recovery of Rate Case Expenses Attachments Motion for Recovery of Rate Case Expenses	Michael J. Sheehan
87	08/30/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty request for service list changes	Michael J. Sheehan
88	08/31/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Supplemental Testimony of Heather M. Tebbetts Cover Letter Testimony Attachments	Michael J. Sheehan
89	09/13/21	NHPUC Letter of Non-Compliance Org. pg 101	NHPUC
90	09/14/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Response to Letter of Non-Compliance	Steven E. Mullen
91	09/22/21	Order No. 26,521 Denying Motion for Rehearing on Implementation of Step Adjustment	NHPUC
92	10/19/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty letter requesting a hearing	Michael J. Sheehan
93	10/26/21	Procedural Order regarding hearing	NHPUC
94	10/26/21	Supplemental Order of Notice	NHPUC
95	10/26/21	Evidentiary Hearing Guidelines	NHPUC
96	10/29/21	Procedural Order regarding rescheduled hearing	NHPUC
97	10/29/21	Order No. 26,536 Denying Request to Recover Costs Related to the Granite Bridge Project	NHPUC
98	11/01/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty affidavit of publication	Michael J. Sheehan
99	11/15/21	OCA request for service list change	Donald M. Kreis
100	11/23/21	Procedural Order Re: Rescheduled Hearing	NHPUC
101	11/24/21	Liberty Utilities (ENGI) dba Liberty Motion for Rehearing Cover Letter Motion	Michael J. Sheehan
102	12/03/21	OCA Objection to Motion for Rehearing	Donald M. Kreis
103	12/03/21	New Hampshire Department of Energy Objection to Motion for Rehearing Cover Letter Objection	Paul B. Dexter

EXHIBITS
DATE	NO.	DESCRIPTION	WITNESS
09/16/20	1	Direct Testimony of David B. Simek and Kenneth A. Sosnick
09/16/20	2	Not used
09/16/20	3	Functional Cost Study Summary of Results
09/16/20	4	Not used
09/16/20	5	Revenue Requirement
09/16/20	6	Sales and Transport Data Allowed Revenues
06/08/21	7	Testimony of Stephen P. Frink
06/08/21	8	Attachments SPF 17 and SPF 18 to Stephen P. Frink Testimony (Bates 425-433)
06/08/21	9	Staff Audit Report dated January 6, 2021
06/08/21	10	Staff Response to LU 1-21
06/08/21	11	Staff Response to LU 1-22
06/08/21	12	Liberty Response to Staff 4-2
06/08/21	13	Liberty Response to OCA 4-17, attachment OCA 4-17a
06/08/21	14	REDACTED Supplemental Testimony of Francisco C. DaFonte, William R Killeen and Steven E. Mullen
06/08/21	15	CONFIDENTIAL Supplemental Testimony of Francisco C. DaFonte, William R Killeen and Steven E. Mullen
06/08/21	16	REDACTD Rebuttal Testimony of Francisco C. DaFonte, William R Killeen and Steven E. Mullen
06/08/21	17	CONFIDENTIAL Rebuttal Testimony of Francisco C. DaFonte, William R Killeen and Steven E. Mullen
06/08/21	18	Liberty Response to Staff Data Request TS 2-3
06/08/21	19	Liberty Response to Staff Data Request TS 2-4
06/08/21	20	REDACTED Liberty Response to Staff Data Request 4-3 with attachments
06/08/21	21	CONFIDENTIAL Liberty Response to Staff Data Request 4-3 with attachments
06/08/21	22	Liberty Response to Staff Data Request 4-4 with attachments
06/08/21	23	Liberty Responses to Staff Data Request 4-5 with attachments
06/10/21	24	RECORD REQUEST Copy of document that defined the Company real estate rights in Manchester related to the Granite Bridge Pipeline Filed 06/10/21 Tab 51 of the docket
06/10/21	25	RECORD REQUEST Copy of document that defined the Company real estate rights in Exeter related to the Granite Bridge Pipeline Filed 06/10/21 Tab 51 of the docket
06/10/21	26	RECORD REQUEST Granite Bridge Preliminary Conceptual Feasibility Study Filed 06/10/21 Tab 51 of the docket
06/10/21	27	RECORD REQUEST Total costs related to Least Cost Integrated Resource Plan that were included in the 2019 test year in DG 20-105 Filed 06/10/21 Tab 51 of the docket
07/13/21	28	Testimony of Susan L. Fleck
07/13/21	29	Testimony of David B. Simek and Kenneth A. Sosnick with attachments
07/13/21	30	Testimony of David B. Simek and Catherine A. McNamara with attachments
07/13/21	31	Redacted Version Testimony of William J. Clark and Mark R. Stevens with attachments
07/13/21	32	Confidential Version Testimony of William J. Clark and Mark R. Stevens with attachments
07/13/21	33	Testimony of Brian R. Frost, Robert A. Mostone and Heather M. Tebbetts with attachments
07/13/21	34	Testimony of Steven E. Mullen with attachments
07/13/21	35	Testimony of Matthew J. Decourcey with attachments
07/13/21	36	Testimony of Kenneth A. Sosnick with attachments
07/13/21	37	Testimony of John Cochrane with attachments
07/13/21	38	Testimony of Pradip Chattopadhyay with attachments
07/13/21	39	Testimony of Al-Azad Iqbal with attachments
07/13/21	40	Testimony of Jerome Mierzwa
07/13/21	41	Testimony of J. Randall Woolridge with attachments
07/13/21	42	Testimony of Donna H. Mullinax with attachments
07/13/21	43	Testimony of David B. Simek and Kenneth A. Sosnick with attachments
07/13/21	44	Redacted Version Testimony of William J. Clark and Steven E. Mullen with attachments
07/13/21	45	Confidential Version Testimony of William J. Clark and Steven E. Mullen with attachments
07/13/21	46	Testimony of Steven E. Mullen
07/13/21	47	Testimony of John Cochrane with attachments
07/13/21	48	Testimony of Brian R. Frost, Robert A. Mostone and Heather M. Tebbets
07/13/21	49	Settlement Agreement on Permanent Rates with Appendices 1 through 11
07/13/21	50	Attachments SPF 1 through SPF 16 and Attachments SPF 19 through SPF 20 to the Testimony of Stephen P. Frink
0/7/16/21	51	RECORD REQUEST Residential heating customer bill impact analysis showing the changes from current rates to proposed August 1, 2021 rates Filed 07/16/21 Tab 71 of the docket
07/16/21	52	RECORD REQUEST Copies of all debt issuances currently in effect Filed 07/16/21 Tab 71 of the docket
07/16/21	53	RECORD REQUEST Company's current actual debt/equity ratio Filed 07/16/21 Tab 71 of the docket
07/16/21	54	RECORD REQUEST Company's approved distribution revenue from the time of Liberty's acquisition of EnergyNorth in 2012 See Order NO. 25,370 (May 30, 2012) to the present Filed 07/16/21 Tab 71 of the docket
07/19/21	55	RECORD REQUEST Compare the weighted average cost in Dr. Woolridge's testimony (Exhibit 41) Bates page 8, table 2 to the table contained in the Settlement Agreement and explain the factors that lead Department of Energy staff to conclude that it's just and reasonable and to add some information as to how they got from the table to the settlement table. Filed 07/19/21 Tab 73 of the docket

		Hearing held 09/16/20 Panel 1 David B. Simek, Steven E. Mullen, and Pradip Chattopachyay
		Hearing 06/07/21 Panel1 Francisco C. DaFonte, William E. Killeen and Steve E. Mullen
		Hearing 06/08/21 Panel1 Francisco C. DaFonte, William E. Killeen and Steve E. Mullen
		Hearing 07/13/21 Panel1 Steven E. Mullen, David D. Simek, Heather M. Tebbetts, Pradip Chattopadhyay, Al-Azad Iqbal, Donna H. Mullinax

Comments
Pub	DATE	FILED BY
	09/21/20	Mark Manning
	09/21/20	Aurora Van De Water
	09/21/20	Robert Hagen
	09/21/20	Nathan Preisendorfer
	09/22/20	Tammy Shah
	09/22/20	Charles Poltack
	09/23/20	Dana Roy
	09/23/20	Mary L. Sullivan
	09/23/20	Bonnie L. Getz
	09/24/20	Anthony Fallacaro
	09/25/20	Larry E. Colby
	09/27/20	Stephen Bailey
	10/05/20	Bruce McAfee
	10/19/20	Noah Sepetys
	12/08/20	Michael Wittliff
	06/28/21	Lonn Sattler
	06/28/21	John Raby
	06/28/21	Vicki Ramos-Glew
	06/28/21	Alexandra Moffat
	06/28/21	Laura Simon
	06/28/21	Leaf Seligman
	06/28/21	Douglas Baresich
	06/28/21	Stephen Spaulding
	06/28/21	Daniel Goodenough
	06/28/21	Erin R. Sandler
	06/28/21	Chris Balch
	06/28/21	Rebecca Beaulieu
	06/28/21	Karl Klapper
	06/28/21	Jonathan Cummings
	06/28/21	Barbara Schult
	06/28/21	Kristen Elin
	06/28/21	Susan Lloyd
	06/28/21	Beth Lukaitis
	06/28/21	Abigail Gindele
	06/28/21	Pat Whitney
	06/28/21	Robert Feder
	06/28/21	Bonnie Hill
	06/28/21	Corinne Dodge
	06/28/21	Doug Knight
	06/28/21	Jason Chandler
	06/28/21	Vicki Giella
	06/28/21	Michael Letendre
	06/28/21	Candy Jones
	06/28/21	Liz Fletcher
	06/28/21	Susan B. Posluszny
	06/28/21	Walter Colby
	06/29/21	Kenneth Ruby
	06/29/21	Christine Kuhlman
	06/29/21	Sandy Mackenzie
	06/29/21	Gail McPeek
	06/29/21	Mary Beth Raven
	06/29/21	Gary Bushey
	06/29/21	Chris Potter
	06/29/21	Reinmar Seidler
	07/02/21	Anne Grossi
	07/09/21	Ginger Blackman