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Pa. regulator sets meeting on future of PGW

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will hold a one-day session on Nov. 14 at Drexel University to explore plans for Philadelphia Gas Works in the aftermath of a collapsed deal to sell the city utility.

The Philadelphia Gas Works office in the 1100 block of Chestnut Street, Center City.
The Philadelphia Gas Works office in the 1100 block of Chestnut Street, Center City.Read more
    by By Andrew Maykuth, Inquirer Staff Writer
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will hold a one-day session on Nov. 14 at Drexel University to explore plans for Philadelphia Gas Works in the aftermath of a collapsed deal to sell the city utility.

The session will not be aimed at dissecting the collapse of the $1.86 billion agreement to sell PGW to UIL Holdings Corp., but will address how PGW plans to address its high rates, aging infrastructure and low-income programs in the absence of a sale, said Jennifer Kocher, the PUC's spokeswoman. "We're not going to discuss the deal at all," she said.

Tentative invitees include Mayor Nutter, Council President Darrell L. Clarke, PGW Chief Executive Craig White, Philadelphia Gas Commission Chairwoman Marian B. Tasco, Gas Commission Executive Director Janet Parrish, Building Trades President Patrick Gillespie, Electrical Workers Local 98 President John Dougherty, Community Legal Services CEO Catherine Carr and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce CEO Rob Wonderling.