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In an effort to reduce the spread of disease, businesses, either on their own or by government mandates, may close or reduce operations to limit contact with the contagion.
−Removed: A reduction in business activity could result in lower natural gas consumption for both production activities as well as space heating therefore reducing our revenues and gross profit.
−Removed: The closing of businesses may only be temporary;
−Removed: however, a prolonged shut down could result in a permanent loss of some commercial customers.
+Added: A reduction in business activity could result in lower natural gas consumption for both production activities as well as space heating, thereby reducing our revenues and gross profit.
+Added: The closing or reduction in operations by businesses, whether temporary or prolonged, could result in a permanent loss of some commercial customers.
Impact from residential customers:
−Removed: The closing of businesses may result in job layoffs or other reductions in employee numbers reducing or eliminating customers’ ability to pay their utility bills resulting in increased bad debt expenses.
+Added: The closing of businesses may result in job layoffs or other reductions in employee numbers, thus reducing or eliminating customers’ ability to pay their utility bills and resulting in increased bad debt expenses.
Impact on suppliers:
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Impact to our employees:
−Removed: Orders by government bodies could result in employees of the Company being required to limit contact with our customers or work remotely whereby not allowing them to complete tasks normally requiring a physical presence.
−Removed: Also, if a significant number of employees were to contract the virus, the Company may not be able to complete key or critical tasks, not limited to, but including key financial, reporting, and operational controls.
+Added: Orders by government bodies could result in employees of the Company being required to limit contact with our customers or work remotely, thus not allowing them to complete tasks normally requiring a physical presence.
+Added: Also, if a significant number of employees were to contract the virus or be quarantined, the Company may not be able to complete key or critical tasks, not limited to, but including key financial, reporting, and operational controls.
Impact from SCC actions:
The SCC could issue orders in response to a pandemic event that result in increased regulatory oversight, operational mandates or restrictions on normal business activities.
−Removed: Any such action could result in increased operating costs or other financial or operational burdens that may negatively impact the Company's results of operation or financial position.
+Added: Any such action could result in increased operating costs or other financial or operational burdens that may negatively impact the Company's results of operations or financial position.
Impact on financing capabilities:
−Removed: A prolonged economic shutdown due to a pandemic could stress the banking system, thereby, limiting the Company’s ability to obtain financing at commercially reasonable terms, which could lead to higher interest rates resulting in increased interest expense on the Company’s variable rate debt.
+Added: A prolonged economic shutdown due to a pandemic could stress the banking system, thereby limiting the Company’s ability to obtain financing on favorable terms, which could lead to higher interest expense.
Furthermore, a distressed equity market could limit the availability of equity capital through the issuance of Resources stock due to depressed prices and low trading volumes.
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