NOTICES
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION
Act 13 of 2012; Producer Fees for Calendar Year 2021
[52 Pa.B. 812]
[Saturday, January 29, 2022]Average Annual Price of Natural Gas for Calendar Year 2021:(1) $3.841
Consumer Price Index, Urban Consumers, PA, NJ, DE and MD:(2) 6.6%
Number of Spud Wells for
Calendar Years 2020 and 2021
2020 2021 Number of wells spud 476 518 CPI adjustment to spud well fees is applicable in 2021. See 58 Pa.C.S. § 2302(c) (relating to unconventional gas well fee).
Unconventional Gas Well Fees for
Calendar Year 2021
Year of Well(3) Horizontal Vertical—Producing Year 1 $54,000 $10,800 Year 2 $43,200 $8,600 Year 3 $32,400 $6,500 Year 4—10 $21,600 $4,300 (1) Source: www.business.directenergy.com
(2) Source: www.bls.gov
(3) Horizontal unconventional gas wells pay the yearly fee upon spudding plus 2 subsequent years. Fees after the first 3 years are based on production levels as defined in 58 Pa.C.S. § 2302(b.1). Vertical wells producing gas levels above a 90,000 cubic feet average in any one given month during the current reporting year are subject to 20% of the applicable horizontal well fee rounded to the nearest $100.
ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-182. Filed for public inspection January 28, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]
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