Atmos Energy Gets a Rate Hike in Longview

LONGVIEW – Atmos Energy customers in Longview will be seeing an increase in natural gas rates. The Longview city council yesterday approved a 7% rate hike for the company. The company had proposed an 8% increase. But Longview and other cities negotiated the rate lower. The city council vote for the hike was 6 to 1, with councilman David Wright voting against it. He said the company had raised its rates at least 5% for each of the past two years. But inflation had only increased around 2%