Things are wild, but as long as you keep your sense of humor and
perspective ...

Here is a cut and pasted answer. Brian is a fairly careful guy.   The
segmentation did not really do anything at least at the level of 3.3
cents/therm.

Short-term memory, since I had remember 3.5.

Let me know if you need any more digging.

Bob




>         We received a copy of the BCAP final decision today.  Starting June
>1, the EG rate for generators using more than 3 million therms per year
>(which includes all EGA members) will be 3.333 cents per therm, a
>substantial reduction from the existing rates.  This rate may go up very
>slightly later in the year, because the Commission has ordered the utilities
>to file a joint application proposing segmented EG rates with a cap of about
>4.1 cents per therm for the smaller generators ( usage of less than 3
>million therms per year).  The revenue shortfall resulting from the cap will
>be picked up by the larger users, but we do not expect this effect to
>increase the rate significantly.  We also expect that the ITCS component
>will be reduced next year (1/1/01), further reducing rates.
>