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South Carolina Gas Utility Asks for Rate Hike.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2002
By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 26--The cost of heating a home or business with natural gas is set to rise this winter as temperatures dip.
With wholesale prices for the commodity fuel climbing, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is seeking permission to pass along a 14 percent rate increase to its customers.
The state Public Service Commission will consider the request at a hearing Oct. 17 in Columbia.
The average gas-equipped household in SCE&G's service territory burns 100 therms a month in the winter, said company spokeswoman Christy Farrell. For those 242,000 residential customers, bills would go up $13.20 a month, to almost $106, during the peak...
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