Southwest Gas wants to raise El Dorado County rates
Southwest Gas wants to raise rates effective Jan. 1.
A residential customer in South Lake Tahoe using 73 therms a month now pays $66.20. A rate increase would put that monthly bill at $73.41.
The California Public Utilities Commission is having evidentiary hearings from Aug. 12-16 at 10am in San Francisco.
Southwest Gas in December applied for the rate increate to up its operating margin for natural gas service in El Dorado County. The company wants to make $2.8 million more or 13.6 percent.
Southwest says the increase is to “recover the reasonable costs the company will incur to own and operate the facilities used to maintain and provide safe and reliable natural gas service to it California customers.”
For more info, email public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov or call (415) 703.2074.
F racking and side drilling has been a boon for domestic Natural Gas.
Nat Gas wholesale prices are down 27% in California. And they want to raise what?
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=9490
How about they raise their rates when I get a raise. Last time I got a raise, milk was $1.50/gal…. what is Southwest Gas’s profit margin? How many price increases in last 7 years? The problem:Between low wages and high cost of living, many community members must move:[
I think the CPUC should hold hearings where the rate increases are proposed, in this case El Dorado County. Most of those affected in this county can’t afford to drive and stay in San Francisco to offer input at the hearing. The CPUC should make it convenient for ratepayers to provide input. If we don’t, they’ll assume Tahoe residents won’t mind paying $150 in the winter. The increase noted in the article would be for moderate weather…. or perhaps for El Dorado Hills.