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Columbia Gas Wanted $44.5 Million Rate Hike for Safety Measures in April 2018, Got Less

Matthew McDonald

Columbia Gas Company of Massachusetts sought a rate hike totaling $44.5 million for safety measures this past spring but made do with $11 million less after the Massachusetts Attorney General's office got involved.

Complying with state and federal safety regulations was causing a deficit in operating and maintenance for the utility, company president Stephen H. Bryant told the state Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities in April, according to Boston Business Journal.

Officials, Columbia Gas Hunting for Cause of Deadly Explosions in Lawrence, North Andover, Andover
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Officials, Columbia Gas Hunting for Cause of Deadly Explosions in Lawrence, North Andover, Andover

State House News Service

By Colin A. Young
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

Public safety officials in the Merrimack Valley are getting a clearer view Friday morning of the destruction from Thursday's fatal gas-related explosions and fires and though an over-pressurized gas distribution system is thought to be at fault, the investigation is just getting underway.

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