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Southwest Gas Proposes Rate Hike

Southwest Gas has filed a request to increase rates throughout the state.

In northern Nevada, the utility wants to increase rates by about $2.13 in the summers and about $7.63 in the winter, according to the Elko Daily Free Press.

In southern Nevada, proposed rates would go up as well, but not by as much – in the summer, rates would go up around $1.30 and around $3.80 in the winter.

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The Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing tonight to discuss the proposal to allow for public comment, and a hearing on Southwest Gas' plans will be held in mid-November.

Casey Morell is the coordinating producer of Nevada Public Radio's flagship broadcast State of Nevada and one of the station's midday newscast announcers. (He's also been interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, whatever that's worth.)