NATURAL GAS RATES TO BE DECREASED - Mountaineer Gas And WV Power Gas Serving Local Customers

(10/18/2002)

Two natural gas companies in West Virginia, owned by Allegheny Power, will be decreasing rates in the near future. The state Public Service Commission has approved rate decreases for both Mountaineer Gas and West Virginia Power Gas Service. Allegheny Power spokesman Allen Staggers says the price for wholesale natural gas has gone down, allowing the company to lower rates for nearly 250,000 customers in West Virginia. The reduction will begin November 1. Staggers says the average Mountaineer Gas customer will see a slight rate decrease of less than one percent a month or 45 cents on the average customer's bill. Staggers says Mountaineer Gas continues to enjoy the lowest rates for natural gas in the state. Allegheny has 225,000 Mountaineer Gas customers. West Virginia Power Gas customers will see a 14% decrease in the average customer's bill, that's approximately $16 a month. Allegheny has 24,000 Power Gas customers in Kanawha, Fayette, Wirt, Calhoun and Roane counties.

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