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W.Va. regulators OK gas rate increase

November 20, 2009 @ 08:47 PM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Public Service Commission has approved a 5 percent rate increase for Hope Gas Inc.

The $8.78 million increase approved Friday is substantially smaller than the $34.4 million increase the utility had requeste4d. The company, which has not received a rate increase since 2005, said it needed more money to cover non-gas operations and expenses, taxes, interest on customer deposits, dividend payments and interest on debt.