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| | Bay State Gas Company :: Bay State Gas Files New Rate Plan With DTE |
 | | Since Bay State's rates were set in 1992, the cost to provide natural gas service to the company's approximately 285,000 Massachusetts customers has increased, as has the cost of providing customer service. |
 | | Natural gas costs, which represent approximately 70 percent of a customer's bill, are passed through to the customer by Bay State on a dollar-for-dollar basis. |
 | | Bay State Gas Company, with headquarters in Westborough, Massachusetts, is one of the 10 energy distribution companies of NiSource Inc. Bay State Gas serves more than 300,000 customers in 100 communities in Massachusetts and, through its subsidiary, Northern Utilities, Inc., in New Hampshire and Maine. |
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