Credit requirements are listed on the form and in Rate Schedule DB (PDF, 486k) of the Gas Service Tariff.

A customer wishing to act as its own supplier must meet PGW’s credit standards, must submit the supplier application form and the non-refundable application fee of $400, and must execute both service and supply agreements with PGW. Self-transporters must meet the minimum load threshhold of 15,000 Dth per year and are generally exempt from licensing and bonding requirements. A customer may not serve as a supplier to other customers unless licensed by the PUC as a Natural Gas Supplier.

Information on licensing by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission is available on the PUC web site at http://puc.state.pa.us/naturalgas/naturalgas_suppliers.aspx

If you need a license to conduct business in Philadelphia, you may wish to view the information in the business section of the City’s web site at http://www.phila.gov/business/startup/index.html

Please note that transportation customers in the interruptible classes must execute a service agreement with PGW, and must have or upgrade to Metretek metering equipment. Major Accounts Marketing representatives will be glad to assist customers through this process and can be reached at (215) 684-6671. Click here for more information on requirements for customers.

Once both supplier and customer have a signed agreement with PGW, enrollment is achieved by submitting the Authorized Supplier Notice (PDF, 72k), or agency letter, which must be signed both by the customer and the supplier.

IT Customers must switch on the 1st of a month, as they are all on a calendar-month billing cycle. PGW must have all paperwork completed and in-house by the 5th business day before the beginning of a month to enroll a new IT customer for the upcoming month.

Due to the sometimes lengthy process of qualification, meter enhancement, and contracts required for an interruptible customer to switch to transportation service, PGW does not currently support electronic enrollment communications for IT customers. Enrollment of IT customers is expected to continue as a manual process for the foreseeable future.

Briefly, PGW is able to serve regulated interruptible customer by using excess firm insterstate capacity, unless operating conditions such extreme cold or force majeure require that all available daily capacity be used to bring in firm supply. PGW does not release firm capacity to IT suppliers (they must arrange capacity independently) but does accept delivery of supply for interruptible transportation customers unless an OFO or DOB is announced.

Daily usage and month-to-date balancing information for interruptible transportation pools is available to authorized suppliers on PGW’s EBB within 24 hours of the end of a gas day.

Suppliers will be billed for the charges outlined in Rate Schedule DB. Please note that the $150 per pool administrative fee is effective from the time a supplier is accepted until the supplier officially leaves the market, whether or not the supplier has active customers in his IT pool.