SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - NorthWestern Energy customers in South
Dakota will be paying a little more for natural gas starting next
month.
The Sioux Falls-based company announced in a news release
Tuesday that the South Dakota Public Utility Commission approved
its request to raise natural gas rates for its South Dakota
customers starting Dec. 1.
The hike means an increase of $4.37 for the average customer.
The increase will bring in an estimated $1.8 million annually.
NorthWestern said it needs the extra revenue because of
increased costs and to clean up old plants that turned coal and oil
into natural gas in the early 1900s. The company said it has the
so-called manufactured gas plants at Aberdeen, Huron and Milbank.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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