MORGANTOWN — A Hope Gas proposal to convert 629 farm-tap customers to propane has drawn significant opposition — with 31 letters of protest filed in six days. […]
Tag: Public Service Commission
PSC orders utilities and cable companies to provide outage alerts via text and email
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has ordered all utilities and cable companies — except motor carriers — to have in place a process to notify […]
Deckers Creek PSD agrees with WV PSC staff rate-hike proposal
MORGANTOWN — Deckers Creek Public Service District has agreed to the rate-hike proposal recommended by Public Service Commission staff. Deckers Creek PSD, located in Brookhaven, indicated its […]
Hope Gas modifies rate-hike proposal following PSC staff opposition
MORGANTOWN — Hope Gas has simplified its May rate-hike proposal and backed off — temporarily — from elements of it following opposition from Public Service Commission staff. […]
Utility rates are high because our leaders are failing us
by Quenton King It’s been quite a year, and I don’t mean just 2024. Last month, climate scientists released data showing May was the hottest month on […]
PSC approves Cardinal Gas 30-cent rate hike
MORGANTOWN — The Public Service Commission has approved a tiny rate hike in one of two cases Cardinal Natural Gas has before the PSC. The PSC issued […]
Guest essay: Why do we pay higher utility rates?
by Charlotte R. Lane All sorts of things can trigger a rate increase request from a utility and approval of increased rates by the Public Service Commission […]
How to read your gas bill
by Charlotte Lane Your Mountaineer Gas Company bill has loads of information, all on one page. Your 16-digit account number, at the top-right, is confidential, personal information. […]
Hope Gas asks for PSC ruling on possibly illegal plan for another company to build pipeline to one of its customers
MORGANTOWN — Hope Gas believes one of its industrial customers and another pipeline company are skirting the law with their plan to usurp Hope’s service with a […]
Mon Power, Potomac Edison start work on Rivesville solar plant site
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun work on their second of five planned solar power sites. With their Fort Martin site up and running, […]
