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Indiana Governor Asks Natural Gas Utilities to Cap Costs This Winter.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2000
Aug. 31--With Indiana's natural gas customers facing a 50 percent price increase over the next year, Gov. Frank O'Bannon on Wednesday urged the utilities to cap costs this winter and recoup the money later.
The anticipated rate increase is based on a normal winter and could mean residential customers will see their bills jump by $50 or more per month during the winter heating season, when gas demand is heaviest.
It was news jolting enough to put winter weather on the minds of people suffering through a sweltering August afternoon.
"I don't cook at home. I take baths and I do my laundry, and my bill is already $40. I can't imagine what it will be in the wintertime," said Susan Tisdale of Indianapolis. "It's really going to hit us hard." She is...
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