Customers of Mountaineer Gas Company can plan to cope with higher bills beginning December 1. The West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved an interim rate increase which will result in an immediate 15% increase.

In a news release issued Monday, November 28, the PSC stated that Mountaineer had requested to pass on a projected increase in purchased gas cost (PGC) which would have resulted in an overall 38% increase for residential customers. Mountaineer’s projected…