Commitments and Contingencies
Environmental Matters
The Company is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment. The Company has established procedures for the ongoing evaluation of its operations to identify potential environmental exposures and to comply with regulatory requirements.
It is the Company’s policy to accrue estimated environmental clean-up costs (investigation and remediation) when such amounts can reasonably be estimated and it is probable that the Company will be required to incur such costs. At September 30, 2025, the Company has estimated its remaining clean-up costs related to former manufactured gas plant sites will be approximately $3.2 million. The Company’s liability for such clean-up costs has been recorded in Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2025. The Company has a regulatory liability of $1.8 million related to environmental clean-up costs at September 30, 2025 and is currently not aware of any material additional exposure to environmental liabilities. However, changes in environmental laws and regulations, new information or other factors could have an adverse financial impact on the Company.
Other
The Company, in its Utility segment and Integrated Upstream and Gathering segment, has entered into contractual commitments in the ordinary course of business, including commitments to purchase gas, transportation, and storage service to meet customer gas supply needs. The future gas purchase, transportation and storage contract commitments during the next five years and thereafter are as follows: $236.6 million in 2026, $75.8 million in 2027, $113.8 million in 2028, $123.2 million in 2029, $135.2 million in 2030 and $900.1 million thereafter. Gas prices within the gas purchase contracts are variable based on NYMEX prices adjusted for basis. In the Utility segment, these costs are subject to state commission review, and are being recovered in customer rates. Management believes that, to the extent any stranded pipeline costs are generated by the unbundling of services in the Utility segment’s service territory, such costs will be recoverable from customers.
The Company, in its Pipeline and Storage segment, Integrated Upstream and Gathering segment and Utility segment, has entered into several contractual commitments associated with various pipeline, compressor and gathering system modernization and expansion projects. As of September 30, 2025, the future contractual commitments related to the system modernization and expansion projects are $58.1 million in 2026, $9.2 million in 2027, $5.6 million in 2028, $4.4 million in 2029, $4.5 million in 2030 and $4.6 million thereafter.
The Company, in its Integrated Upstream and Gathering segment, has entered into contractual obligations to support its development activities and operations in Pennsylvania, including hydraulic fracturing and other well completion services, well tending services, well workover activities, tubing and casing purchases, production equipment purchases, water hauling services and contracts for drilling rig services. The future contractual commitments are $180.8 million in 2026 and $25.9 million in 2027. There are no contractual commitments extending beyond 2027.
In addition to the regulatory matters discussed in Note F — Regulatory Matters, the Company is involved in other regulatory and litigation matters arising in the normal course of business. These other regulatory and litigation matters may include, for example, tax, regulatory or other governmental audits, inspections, investigations, negligence claims and other proceedings. These matters may involve state and federal taxes, safety, compliance with regulations, rate base, cost of service and purchased gas cost issues, among other things. While these other matters arising in the normal course of business could have a material effect on
earnings and cash flows in the period in which they are resolved, an estimate of the possible loss or range of loss, if any, cannot be made at this time.