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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 22-182

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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