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NStar proposes price cut for natural gas customers

By Chris Reidy

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 23, 2012

NStar said today that it is proposing a price cut that if approved by state regulators, would save customers who heat with natural gas about $15 a month when compared with current rates and about $30 a month when compared with the rates from last winter. Boston-based NStar said a steady decline in natural gas prices has prompted it to propose the price cut. Such a proposal needs the approval of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.

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