Nicor seeks first rate hike in 9 years

Nicor Gas has requested a $208 million rate hike, the utility’s first in nine years.

The proposed increase by the state’s largest natural gas utility would boost heating bills for suburbanites by about 8 percent. The yearly heating bill for the average Nicor household would increase by about $52, according to the utility…Please click here to read Steve Daniels’ story in Crain’s.