UGI Energy Services, Inc. - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

~-COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ^' h'O 1 / 'Z" ^BEFORE THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION' 2li ,'>r--r.',- 1Re: Investigation of Pennsylvania'sRetail Electricity Market:Recommended Directives on UpcomingDefault Service PlansDocket No. 1-2011-2237952^ tCOMMENTS OF UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.I. IntroductionUGI Energy Services, Inc. d/b/a UGI EnergyLink ("UGIES") submits these comments inresponse to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's ("Commission's" or "PUC's")Tentative Order issued October 14, 2011 ("October 14th Tentative Order") in the abovereferencedproceeding. 1As background, UGIES is a Pennsylvania-based company 2and licensed natural gas andelectric generation supplier that has provided electric generation and natural gas supply servicetosmall, medium and large commercial and industrial customers across the Commonwealthsince the inception of retail competition in Pennsylvania. More recently, UGIES has begunproviding natural gas supply service to residential customers in Pennsylvania in certain naturalgas distribution company service territories and is contemplating expansion of its residentialmarketing efforts. UGIES' retail commodity marketing activities extend beyond Pennsylvania'sborders into the Mid-Atlantic region and New York. As an electric supplier, UGIES sells tocustomers behind 19 electric distribution companies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,Maryland, the District of Columbia and New York. On the gas side, UGIES serves customer'This is the first set of comments submitted by UGIES in this Investigation proceeding.~ UGIES currently has over 150 employees and maintains a central office in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, withregional offices in the following: Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Maryland, Moorestown, New Jersey, Albany, New York, Rochester, NewYork and Hudson, Ohio.