PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has approved a rate increase for Montana Dakota Utilities for natural gas service in the state. M-D-U’s Travis Jacobson says it’s been nearly a decade since the utility requested a boost in gas rates…
Commission chair Kristie Fiegen says the request is reasonable in the face of rising inflation over the past eight years since the last request to increase rates…
The cost of natural gas is not regulated by the P-U-C and Commissioner Chris Nelson says including that in the figures for the increase is misleading…
Montana-Dakota serves around 65-thousand gas customers in South Dakota. The P-U-C also approved an electric rate increase for M-D-U as well.
