May 28, 1997
NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PROCEEDING
NOTICE OF INITIATION OF NEW PROCEEDINGS 
 Re:   In the Matter of the Commission’s Notice of Inquiry: Examining 
Regulation of the Local Distribution Companies in the Face of Change in the 
Natural Gas Industry 
   Docket No. UG-940778
To All Interested Persons:
As a product of the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in the above captioned and docketed 
proceeding, the Commission on May 16, 1997, adopted Commission Staff’s 
recommendation to issue a policy statement to implement an incentive mechanism 
in the purchase gas adjustment (PGA) process.
With this action, Commission Staff has recommended closure of this inquiry and 
termination of the proceeding under Docket No. UG-940778. Future inquiry into 
specific issues generated by the NOI will be conducted in individual 
proceedings with separate docket numbers and with participation subject to the 
expressed interest of members of the industry and the public.
The following proceedings have been opened by the Commission:
Docket No.      Subject          Staff Lead    
UG-970002  Hedging by Regulated Companies        Phillip Popoff
UG-970003  Demand Side Management Recommendations   Merton Lott 
UG-970004  Least Cost Planning              Hank McIntosh
UG-970005  Unbundling and Customer Choice        Hank McIntosh
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INTERESTED PERSONS
MAY 23, 1997
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Any person who has submitted comments in Docket No. UG-940778 will be placed on 
the Interested Persons list for each of these docket numbers. Otherwise, to be 
placed on the interested persons list for any or all of these dockets, please 
notify the Commission’s Records Center by returning the enclosed form or by 
e-mail at
records@wutc.wa.gov.
For more information on the scope of any of these proceedings, contact Merton 
Lott, Natural Gas Industry Coordinator, at 360­586­1154, or by e­ ;mail at 
mert@wutc.wa.gov , or Jeffrey Showman, Policy Planning and Research 
Administrator, at 360-586-1196, or by e-mail at jeffrey@wutc.wa.gov.
Sincerely,
Steve McLellan
Secretary
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RETURN FORM TO:
SECRETARY
WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
ATTN: RECORDS CENTER
PO BOX 47250
OLYMPIA WA 98504-7250
Please include me on the interested persons mailing list for each docket 
checked below. 
 Docket No.        Subject             
[ ]  UG-970002     Hedging by Regulated Companies      
[ ]  UG-970003     Demand Side Management Recommendations
[ ]  UG-970004    Least Cost Planning        
[ ]  UG-970005    Unbundling and Customer Choice    
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