2 BEFORE THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

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1 1 1 STATE OF MICHIGAN 2 BEFORE THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 3 In the matter of the application of DTE Gas Company for approval of a Case No. U temporary waiver of Rule and Rule for approval of Volume 1 5 alternative natural gas rotary meter and diaphragm meter inspection and 6 testimony procedures. 7 / 8 PREHEARING 9 Proceedings held in the above-entitled 10 matter before Sharon L. Feldman, Administrative Law Judge 11 with MAHS, at the Michigan Public Service Commission, West Saginaw, Lansing, Michigan, on Monday, 13 January 28, 2019, at 9:03 a.m. 14 APPEARANCES: 15 LAUREN DONOFRIO, ESQ. (via telephone) DTE ENERGY 16 One Energy Plaza, 688 WCB Detroit, Michigan On behalf of DTE Gas Company MICHAEL J. ORRIS, Assistant Attorney General West Saginaw Highway, Floor 3 Lansing, Michigan On behalf of Michigan Public Service 22 Commission Staff REPORTED BY: Marie T. Schroeder, CSR-83

2 2 1 Lansing, Michigan 2 Monday, January 28, :03 a.m (Hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.) 6 JUDGE FELDMAN: On the record. Good 7 morning everybody. We are opening a record in Michigan 8 Public Service Commission Case No. U-20346, entitled: In 9 the matter of the application of DTE Gas Company for 10 approval of a temporary waiver of Rule and Rule for approval of alternative natural gas rotary 12 meter and diaphragm meter inspection and testing 13 procedures. 14 This is the time and place designated by 15 the Commission for a prehearing conference. My name is 16 Sharon Feldman. I am filling in for the assigned 17 Administrative Law Judge, Sally Wallace. We're all 18 making due this morning due to some inclement weather. 19 So we have counsel for DTE Gas on the phone. Ms. 20 Donofrio, would you like to put your appearance in? MS. DONOFRIO: Certainly. Lauren 22 Donofrio on behalf of DTE Gas. 23 JUDGE FELDMAN: Thank you. And Mr. 24 Orris. MR. ORRIS: Good morning, your Honor.

3 3 1 Assistant Attorney General Michael Orris on behalf of 2 Commission Staff. 3 JUDGE FELDMAN: Thank you. Before we go 4 any further, Ms. Donofrio, can you state for the record 5 whether DTE Gas Company was able to comply with the 6 Executive Secretary's instructions regarding notice of 7 today's proceeding? 8 MS. DONOFRIO: Yes, we were. 9 JUDGE FELDMAN: All right. Mr. Orris, 10 did Staff have any concerns at all regarding notice? 11 MR. ORRIS: No, your Honor. 12 JUDGE FELDMAN: All right. Very good. 13 It's also my understanding that rather than set a full 14 schedule in this case, the parties expect to be able to 15 resolve it, and therefore they would like to set a second 16 prehearing conference date. 17 MR. ORRIS: Correct. 18 JUDGE FELDMAN: Ms. Donofrio? 19 MS. DONOFRIO: Yes, that is correct. 20 JUDGE FELDMAN: And the parties have agreed to a date of February 26 at 10:00 o'clock. 22 MR. ORRIS: Correct, your Honor. 23 JUDGE FELDMAN: Ms. Donofrio? 24 MS. DONOFRIO: Yes, that's correct. JUDGE FELDMAN: All right. Then that

4 4 1 will be the date that we set for a second prehearing 2 conference. 3 Let me note for the record that there 4 have been no petitions to intervene filed and there are 5 no members of the public wishing to make a public comment 6 today. 7 So is there anything else at all that 8 anyone feels we need to do at this preferring conference 9 this morning? 10 MR. ORRIS: Nothing from Staff. 11 JUDGE FELDMAN: Ms. Donofrio? 12 MS. DONOFRIO: I think we're all set. 13 JUDGE FELDMAN: All right. Very good. 14 Thank you all very much for making this so easy. Please 15 be safe given the weather today. And we are adjourned. 16 MS. DONOFRIO: Thank you. 17 (At 9:06 a.m., the hearing was adjourned to 18 February 26, 2019, for a second prehearing 19 conference.)

5 5 1 2 C E R T I F I C A T E 3 I, Marie T. Schroeder, CSR-83, do 4 hereby certify that I reported in stenotype the 5 proceedings had in the within-entitled matter, that 6 being Case No. U-20346, before Sharon L. Feldman, 7 Administrative Law Judge with MAHS, at the Michigan 8 Public Service Commission, Lansing, Michigan, on 9 Monday, January 28, 2019; and do further certify that the 10 foregoing transcript, consisting of five (5) pages, is a 11 true and correct transcript of my stenotype notes Marie T. Schroeder, CSR Grand River Avenue 16 Farmington, Michigan metrostate@sbcglobal.net Dated: January 30,