The United Steelworkers said Friday that Equitable Gas Co.'s request for a $51.9 million-a year increase of its delivery rate charges is unfair to consumers and will hurt low-income residents, according to a petition the union filed with the state Public Utility Commission.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that the union has filed a petition to intervene in Equitable Gas Co.'s attempt to raise the price of natural gas for Pennsylvania consumers.

By Rick Stouffer Home furnace use is dropping off about now, and it's just as well, because the region's three largest natural gas distributors on Monday announced higher rates for the spring.

By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. Mar. 3--Pittsburgh-based Equitable Resources on Thursday agreed to acquire Dominion's two natural gas companies in Pennsylvania and West Virginia for about $970 million.

By Lee Mueller, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Oct. 28--Angry Wheelwright residents are calling it a sign of things to come in the winter of 2005-06 -- a record leap in natural gas prices that should send shivers across Kentucky.