Piedmont Natural Gas to seek NC rate hike

Piedmont Natural Gas will ask for a rate hike in North Carolina this spring — its first in the state in six years.

The Charlotte-based gas utility will file preliminary notice of its request with the N.C. Utilities Commission next month. The full rate proposal will be filed in April.

Piedmont says it cannot yet disclose what kind of increase it will seek or when the rates might go into effect. But if the proceedings follow the commission’s normal course for rate cases, any new rates approved…

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