NOTICE OF PROPOSED GAS COST RATE CHANGES To Our Customers: Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC (Peoples7 i filing a reguest with the Pennyluania Public Unility Commision ("PUC) to increase your nanunal gas nates as of October 1, 2022. Thi notice describes she companys naze request, ahe PUCi role, and what actions you can ake. Peoples has requested an overall gas cost rate increase of $11.0 million per year. If the company's entire request is approved: The total bill for a residential customer using 87 Mcf per year would increase from $88.85 to $90.30 per month or by 1.6%. The total bill for a small commercial/industrial customer using 180 Mcf per year would increase from $146.18 to $149.15 per month or by 2.0%. The total bill for a medium commercial'industrial customer using 2,681 Mcf per year would increase from $1,980.41 to $2,021.25 per month or by 2.1%. The Peoples Companies also propose to merge their separate rates for recovery of gas costs and the Merchant Function Charge ("MFC") and Gas Procurement Charge ("GPC") rates into a single set of rates identified in the filing if the Commission approves a merger of the Peoples Companies. To find out your customer class or how the requested changes may affect your natural gas bill, contact Peoples at 1-800-764-0111. The rates requested by the company may be found in Tariff No. 47. You may examine the material filed with the PUC which explains the requested rate changes and the reasons for it. A copy of this material is kept at Peoples' office and is available on the company's website at www.peoples-gas.com. The state agency which approves rates for public utilities is the PUC. The PUC will ecamine the requested rate dange and can prevent existing rates from dunging until it investigates and/or holds hearings on the reques. The company must prove thar the roqucsted rates are reasonable. Aficr cxamining the evidence, the PUC may grant all some or none of the request or may reduce existing ratex The PUC may change the amount of the rate increase or decrease requested by the utility for cach customer class. As a result, the rate charged to you may be different than the rate requested by the company and shown above. There are three ways to challenge a company's request to change its rates: 1. You can file a formal complaint. If you want a hearing before a judge, you must file a formal complaint. By filing a formal complaint, you assure yourself the opportunity to take part in hearings about the rate change request. All complaints should be filed with the PUC as soon as possible. If no formal complaints are filed, the Commission may grant all, some or none of the requesr without holding a hearing before a judge. 2. You can send a letter to the PUC telling why you object to the requested rate change. Sometimes there is information in these letters that makes the PUC aware of problems with the companys service or maragement. This information can be helphul when the PUC invescigates dhe rate request. Send your letter or request for a formal complaint form to the Pennsylvania Public Unility Commission, Post Office Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265. 3. You can be a witness at a public input hearing. Public input hearings are held if the Commission opens an investigation of the company's rate change request and if there is a large number of customers interested in dhe case. At these hearings you have the opportunity to present your views in person to the PUC judge hearing the case and the company representatives. All testimony given "under oath" becomes part of the official rate case record. These hearings are held in the service area of the company. PEOPLES NOTICE OF PROPOSED GAS COST RATE CHANGES To Our Customers: Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC (Peoples7 i filing a reguest with the Pennyluania Public Unility Commision ("PUC) to increase your nanunal gas nates as of October 1, 2022. Thi notice describes she companys naze request, ahe PUCi role, and what actions you can ake. Peoples has requested an overall gas cost rate increase of $11.0 million per year. If the company's entire request is approved: The total bill for a residential customer using 87 Mcf per year would increase from $88.85 to $90.30 per month or by 1.6%. The total bill for a small commercial/industrial customer using 180 Mcf per year would increase from $146.18 to $149.15 per month or by 2.0%. The total bill for a medium commercial'industrial customer using 2,681 Mcf per year would increase from $1,980.41 to $2,021.25 per month or by 2.1%. The Peoples Companies also propose to merge their separate rates for recovery of gas costs and the Merchant Function Charge ("MFC") and Gas Procurement Charge ("GPC") rates into a single set of rates identified in the filing if the Commission approves a merger of the Peoples Companies. To find out your customer class or how the requested changes may affect your natural gas bill, contact Peoples at 1-800-764-0111. The rates requested by the company may be found in Tariff No. 47. You may examine the material filed with the PUC which explains the requested rate changes and the reasons for it. A copy of this material is kept at Peoples' office and is available on the company's website at www.peoples-gas.com. The state agency which approves rates for public utilities is the PUC. The PUC will ecamine the requested rate dange and can prevent existing rates from dunging until it investigates and/or holds hearings on the reques. The company must prove thar the roqucsted rates are reasonable. Aficr cxamining the evidence, the PUC may grant all some or none of the request or may reduce existing ratex The PUC may change the amount of the rate increase or decrease requested by the utility for cach customer class. As a result, the rate charged to you may be different than the rate requested by the company and shown above. There are three ways to challenge a company's request to change its rates: 1. You can file a formal complaint. If you want a hearing before a judge, you must file a formal complaint. By filing a formal complaint, you assure yourself the opportunity to take part in hearings about the rate change request. All complaints should be filed with the PUC as soon as possible. If no formal complaints are filed, the Commission may grant all, some or none of the requesr without holding a hearing before a judge. 2. You can send a letter to the PUC telling why you object to the requested rate change. Sometimes there is information in these letters that makes the PUC aware of problems with the companys service or maragement. This information can be helphul when the PUC invescigates dhe rate request. Send your letter or request for a formal complaint form to the Pennsylvania Public Unility Commission, Post Office Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265. 3. You can be a witness at a public input hearing. Public input hearings are held if the Commission opens an investigation of the company's rate change request and if there is a large number of customers interested in dhe case. At these hearings you have the opportunity to present your views in person to the PUC judge hearing the case and the company representatives. All testimony given "under oath" becomes part of the official rate case record. These hearings are held in the service area of the company. PEOPLES