MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The Hope Gas, Inc., acquisition of the Consumers Gas Utility Co. has been approved by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
Morgantown-based Hope Gas, Inc. and Consumers, based in Huntington, filed a joint request with the PSC in May, and in September, both parties filed an agreement that would complete the deal.
The deal will require the 8,500 customers of Consumers Gas Utility Co. in Cabell, Jackson, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, and Wayne counties to continue to pay their current rate. Additionally, 26 current Consumers Gas Utility Co. employees will be offered jobs with Hope Gas, Inc.