By Order No. 22004, the Commission directed Washington Gas Light Company (“WGL”) to prepare materials to present at a technical conference on the topic “Washington Gas Protocols on Identification and Categorization of Grades 1, 2, and 3 Leaks”, including responses to stakeholders’ filed comments.

The technical conference shall address “WGL’s existing protocols for identifying and classifying Grades 1, 2, and 3 leaks in the District” and the Company “ should explain how leaks are prioritized for repair and how related expenditures are categorized as repairs or replacements, including how the Company determines whether those repairs/replacements are completed as “normal” work or designated for completion under PROJECTpipes.” The conference will also include discussion on how PHMSA’s May 2023 proposed rulemaking will allow for consistent treatment on WGL’s categorization protocols.

Parties originally filed Comments on this topic in August 2024. As more information has become available through the first technical conferences, we will allow the parties to update their public comments by Wednesday, February 19, 2025. WGL’s presentation for the technical conference must be filed with the Commission by Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

Interested parties who plan to attend the presentation must notify the Commission in advance, no later than March 12, 2025, by contacting Angela Parsons at aparsons@psc.dc.gov. The technical conference will be convened at the Commission Hearing Room at 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005. For additional information or concerns please contact Ms. Brinda Westbrook-Sedgwick, Commission Secretary, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, 1325 G Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, or by email at psccommissionsecretary@dc.gov.