We are pleased to announce that, per our September 8th deadline, the Company, with the approval of Staff and Parties, has selected Black & Veatch as the evaluator for the examination of Cascade Natural Gas' Oregon Decoupling Mechanism. Our project initiation deadline is October 15, 2009.

Thank you again to everyone who submitted a proposal for this project.

Below you will find a link to the Scope of Examination, as developed by the Company and approved by the Commission and Parties to the agreement:

Oregon Evaluation Plan

The proposed timeline for the evaluation is as follows:

March 31, 2009 - Criteria and standards for study developed.
June 15, 2009 - RFP developed and circulated to potential vendors.
July 31, 2009 - Response to RFP due from potential vendors.
August 1-31, 2009 - Responses reviewed by group, potential evaluators
interviewed.
By Sept 8, 2009 - Evaluator selected.
October 15, 2009 - Evaluation begins.
March 15, 2010 - Evaluation Completed.

Questions regarding this website and examination should be sent to Allison Spector, Director of Conservation at allison.spector@cngc.com.