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PGW Customers Call on Utility to Stop Charging Extra During Warmer Than Average Months

Nathaniel Hamilton
/
WHYY

Pennsylvania utility regulators are asking customers of Philadelphia Gas Works about a tool the company uses to even out its revenue during abnormal weather. At a hearing Thursday morning, WHYY’s Sophia Schmidt reports customers painted it as a climate change penalty.

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(Original air-date: 3/10/23)

Sophia Schmidt is a Delaware native, and covers the environment for WHYY’s PlanPhilly. Before coming to Philadelphia in 2021, Sophia reported on her home state of Delaware for Delaware Public Media and produced interviews for NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” Sophia was a 2021 Metcalf Fellow.