P-S-C GIVES O&R THE O.K. ON RATE-HIKE by Ken Mahoney

P-S-C GIVES O&R THE O.K. ON RATE-HIKE by Ken Mahoney

Orange and Rockland bills will rise an average of about three dollars a month, starting November first. The state Public Service Commission has approved the utility’s request for a rate increase on natural gas delivery. That three-dollar-a-month increase represents only the first year of the package. Two more annual increments will bring the overall increase to more than ten dollars a month for the average user by November of 2011.