NEW MEXICO PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN SANDY JONES WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ON NEW MEXICO GAS COMPANY’S PROPOSED RATE HIKE. THE COMPANY IS ASKING FOR AN 8-MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN ANNUAL BASE REVENUES … ROUGHLY A 1-POINT-4 PERCENT INCREASE FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL GAS BILL. ABOUT 92 PERCENT OF THE GAS COMPANY’S CUSTOMER BASE IS RESIDENTIAL. THE REMAINING EIGHT PERCENT IS MADE UP OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT MEETINGS BEGIN NEXT TUESDAY IN SILVER CITY AT 10:30 AM AT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER AND IN DEMING’S LUNA COUNTY COURTHOUSE. A MEETING COMES NEXT IN LOS LUNAS ON MAY 9TH AT THE LOS LUNAS TRANSPORTATION CENTER.
