PASSED

This enacted ordinance extended through August 31, 2011 a trial program allowing the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation to approve gas supply, storage, distribution, transportation, and transmission contracts for the Philadelphia Gas Works, with services delivered through August 31, 2012. It set conditions for those contracts, including spending limits tied to PGW’s approved gas-cost filings, advance approvals for certain changes and delayed payments, and reporting to the Gas Commission, the Public Advocate, and City Council.

Authorizing the extension of the extended trial program authorized by Bill No. 060799 under which advance approval is given to the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation to enter into certain contracts and transactions arising thereunder for the purchase, storage, distribution, transportation and/or transmission of natural and other gas on behalf of the Philadelphia Gas Works, subject to certain terms and conditions.