RGC RESOURCES INC (RGCO) Business
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Item 1. Business.
General and Historical Development
Resources was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia on July 31, 1998 and, effective July 1, 1999, its subsidiaries were reorganized into the Resources holding company structure. Resources is currently composed of the following subsidiaries: Roanoke Gas and Midstream.
Roanoke Gas, originally established in 1883, was organized as a public service corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1912. The principal service of Roanoke Gas is the distribution and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers within its service territory in Roanoke, Virginia and the surrounding localities. Roanoke Gas also provides certain non-regulated services which account for less than 1% of consolidated revenues.
In July 2015, the Company formed Midstream for the purpose of becoming an investor in Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC. The LLC was created to construct and operate interstate natural gas pipelines. Additional information regarding this investment is provided under Note 5 of the Company's annual consolidated financial statements and under the Equity Investment in Mountain Valley Pipeline section of Item 7.
Services
Roanoke Gas maintains an integrated natural gas distribution system to deliver natural gas purchased from suppliers to residential, commercial and industrial users in its service territory. The schedule below is a summary of customers, delivered volumes (expressed in DTHs), revenues and margin as a percentage of the total for each category. For the purposes of this schedule, margin is defined as revenues less cost of gas.
| 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customers | Volume | Revenue | Margin | |||||||||||||
| Residential | 91.3 | % | 31.3 | % | 58.0 | % | 62.2 | % | ||||||||
| Commercial | 8.6 | % | 27.9 | % | 35.0 | % | 26.3 | % | ||||||||
| Industrial | 0.1 | % | 40.8 | % | 6.2 | % | 10.0 | % | ||||||||
| Other | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.8 | % | 1.5 | % | ||||||||
| Total percent | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||||||
| Total value | 62,527 | 11,493,415 | $ | 95,231,943 | $ | 52,680,989 |
| 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customers | Volume | Revenue | Margin | |||||||||||||
| Residential | 91.3 | % | 32.7 | % | 58.5 | % | 63.1 | % | ||||||||
| Commercial | 8.6 | % | 29.5 | % | 34.0 | % | 25.3 | % | ||||||||
| Industrial | 0.1 | % | 37.8 | % | 6.4 | % | 9.8 | % | ||||||||
| Other | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 1.1 | % | 1.8 | % | ||||||||
| Total percent | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||||||
| Total value | 62,510 | 10,048,770 | $ | 84,533,101 | $ | 48,565,114 |
Roanoke Gas’ regulated natural gas distribution business accounted for more than 99% of Resources total revenues for fiscal years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. The tables above indicate that residential customers represent over 91% of the Company’s customer total; however, they represent less than 35% of the total gas volumes delivered and more than half of the Company’s consolidated revenues and margin. Industrial customers primarily include transportation customers that purchase their natural gas directly from a supplier other than the Company and utilize Roanoke Gas’ natural gas distribution system for delivery to their operations. Most of the revenue billed for these customers, which is less than 10% of total revenues, relates only to transportation service, and not to the purchase of natural gas. Transportation customers account for more than 35% of total natural gas volume deliveries and approximately 10% of margin for the years presented.
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The Company’s revenues are affected by changes in gas costs, changes in consumption volume due to weather and economic conditions and changes in the non-gas portion of customer billing rates. Increases or decreases in the cost of natural gas are passed on to customers through the PGA mechanism as explained in Note 1 of the consolidated financial statements.
The Company’s residential and commercial sales are primarily seasonal and subject to temperature sensitivity as the majority of the gas sold by Roanoke Gas to these customers is used for heating. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, approximately 63% of the Company’s total DTH of natural gas deliveries and 76% of the residential and commercial deliveries were made in the five-month period of November through March.
Roanoke Gas relies on multiple interstate pipelines and gas storage, including those operated by Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, LLC and Columbia Gulf Transmission Corporation, LLC (together “Columbia”), East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (“East Tennessee”), Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Midwestern Gas Transmission Company, Saltville Gas Storage Company, LLC ("Saltville") and Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC ("Mountain Valley"), to transport natural gas from production and storage fields to Roanoke Gas’ distribution system. Roanoke Gas is directly served by Columbia, East Tennessee and Mountain Valley. Columbia historically has delivered more than 65% of the Company’s required gas supply, with East Tennessee and Mountain Valley delivering the remainder. The rates paid for interstate natural gas transportation and storage services are established by tariffs approved by FERC. The current pipeline and storage contracts expire at various times from calendar 2027 to 2044. The Company anticipates being able to renew these contracts or enter into other contracts to meet customers’ existing demand for natural gas.
The Company manages its pipeline contracts and LNG facility in order to provide for sufficient capacity to meet the current natural gas demands of its customers. The maximum daily winter capacity available for delivery into Roanoke Gas’ distribution system from the current interstate pipelines is 93,606 DTH per day. The LNG facility is capable of storing up to 200,000 DTH of natural gas in a liquid state for use during peak demand. Combined, the pipelines and LNG facility may provide up to 118,606 DTH on a single winter day.
The Company currently contracts with an asset manager to manage its pipeline transportation, storage rights, gas supply inventories and deliveries and serve as the primary supplier of natural gas for Roanoke Gas. Natural gas purchased under the asset management agreement is priced at indexed-based market prices as reported in major industry pricing publications. The current asset management agreement expires March 31, 2028.
The Company uses summer storage programs to supplement heating season gas supply requirements. The Company has contracted for 2.4 million DTH of storage capacity from Columbia, Tennessee Gas Pipeline and Saltville in addition to the capacity available at the Company's LNG facility. The balance of the Company’s annual natural gas requirements are met primarily through market purchases made by its asset manager.
In March 2023, Roanoke Gas began operation of its RNG facility. Total volume produced from RNG is less than 1% of current system demand.
Competition
The Company’s natural gas utility operates in a regulated, monopolistic environment. Roanoke Gas currently holds the only franchises and/or CPCNs to distribute natural gas in its Virginia service areas. These franchises generally extend for multi-year periods and are renewable by the municipalities, including exclusive franchises in the cities of Roanoke and Salem and the Town of Vinton, Virginia. All three franchises are set to expire December 31, 2035. The SCC issued an order granting a CPCN to furnish gas to all of Franklin County, Virginia. Roanoke Gas is serving the Franklin County area with natural gas delivered through the MVP.
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Management anticipates that the Company will be able to renew all of its franchises prior to their current expiration date; however, there can be no assurance that a given jurisdiction will not refuse to renew a franchise or will not, in connection with the renewal of a franchise, attempt to impose restrictions or conditions that could adversely affect the Company’s business operations or financial condition. CPCNs, issued by the SCC, are generally of perpetual duration and subject to compliance with regulatory standards.
Although Roanoke Gas has exclusive rights for the distribution of natural gas in its service area, the Company competes with suppliers of other forms of energy such as fuel oil, electricity, propane and coal. Competition can be intense among the other energy sources with price being the primary consideration. This is particularly true for those industrial applications that have the ability to switch to alternative fuels. The relationship between supply and demand has the greatest impact on the price of natural gas. Greater demand for natural gas for electric generation and other uses can exert upward pressure on the price of natural gas.
Competition from renewable energy sources for generating electricity, such as solar and wind, is likely to increase as certain laws currently favor these energy sources or place restrictions on emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. However, the demand for all forms of energy, including natural gas, is being driven by consumers using more digital platforms and expanding their use of artificial intelligence. Growth in residential and commercial service has been steady as the Company continues to expand its customer base through a combination of extending distribution service and converting other energy users to natural gas.
Regulation
In addition to the regulatory requirements generally applicable to all companies, Roanoke Gas is also subject to additional regulation from federal, state and local authorities. At the federal level, the Company is subject to pipeline safety regulations issued by the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
At the state level, the SCC performs regulatory oversight including the approval of rates and other charges for natural gas sold to customers, the approval of agreements between or among affiliated companies involving the provision of goods and services, pipeline safety and certain other corporate activities of the Company, including mergers and acquisitions related to utility operations.
At the local level, Roanoke Gas is further regulated by the municipalities and localities that grant franchises for the placement of gas distribution pipelines and the operation of gas distribution networks within their jurisdictions.
Human Capital Resources
At September 30, 2025, Resources had 106 full-time employees. The Company’s business strategy and ability to serve customers relies on employing talented professionals and attracting, training, developing and retaining a skilled workforce. This is particularly relevant as the Company continues to project retirements of key personnel over the next several years. As the Company's workforce transforms, including departures and retirements, the Company has been successful in engaging the necessary qualified personnel to fill vacancies by reviewing and adjusting its compensation package to remain competitive in the current market environment.
Website Access to Reports
The Company’s website address is www.rgcresources.com. Information appearing on this website is not incorporated by reference in and is not a part of this annual report. The Company files reports with the SEC. A copy of this annual report, as well as other recent annual and quarterly reports, are available on the Company's website or through the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding the Company’s filings at www.sec.gov.