The Charleston Gazette
For member companies of the West Virginia Small Public Utilities Association, the latest round of rate changes before the Public Service Commission isn’t about padding their pockets, said Tom Hanna, an attorney and director of the association.
“These small companies aren’t just rolling in the money,” he said, “and these higher rates cause as [...]
LG&E to raise natural gas rates by 24% according to the Courier Journal:
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved a three-month increase to $11.09 for each 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas, the fuel that heats 44 percent of Kentucky households. That’s up from $8.95 the same time a year ago, said Andrew Melnykovych, spokesman [...]
From The Christian Science Monitor:
The nations with the world’s three biggest reserves of natural gas – Russia, Iran, and Qatar – are quietly moving ahead to form a “gas OPEC,” an organization modeled after the oil cartel.
In Tehran last week, representatives of the Russian natural-gas monopoly Gazprom met with counterparts from Iran and Qatar and [...]