Rate Change Approved for Mountaineer Gas

Mountaineer Gas has won state approval to increase its base rates by $7.7 million. The West Virginia Public Service Commission says the 3 percent increase will be more than offset by a reduction in the rate charged by the utility to recover the cost of buying natural gas. Both the base rate increase and the purchased gas rate decrease will go into effect Nov. 1. Mountaineer serves about 221,000 customers.