§ 53.63. Categories of gas utilities.

 The following categories of jurisdictional gas utilities shall be applicable for the purposes of this section, § §  53.61, 53.62 and 53.64—53.68 (relating to recovery of fuel costs by gas utilities) but shall not modify the categories of gas utilities established for other purposes, such as to prescribe proper accounting methods:

 (1)  Section 1307(f) gas utility. A natural gas distributor with gross intrastate annual operating revenues in excess of $40 million, in the preceding calendar year, shall be categorized as a Section 1307(f) gas utility.

 (2)  Group I Gas Utility. A natural gas utility with gross intrastate annual operating revenues of between $2.5 million and $40 million, inclusive, in the preceding calendar year, shall be categorized as a Group I Gas Utility.

 (3)  Group II Gas Utility. A natural gas utility with gross intrastate annual operating revenues of less than $2.5 million in the preceding calendar year, shall be categorized as a Group II Gas Utility.

 (4)  Periodic orders. The Commission shall periodically enter an order designating the category of each gas utility for the purposes of § §  53.61—53.68.

   The provisions of this §  53.63 amended February 22, 1985, effective February 23, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 672. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (73185).

   This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §  53.61 (relating to purpose); 52 Pa. Code §  53.64 (relating to filing requirements for natural gas distributors with gross intrastate annual operating revenues in excess of $40 million); 52 Pa. Code §  53.66 (relating to filing requirements for Group I gas utilities); and 52 Pa. Code §  53.67 (relating to filing requirements for Group II gas utilities).