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Issuer:     SOUTHERN CO GAS (—)
CIK:        0001004155
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-15T20:06:27+00:00
Accession:  0001004155-26-000027
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Illinois ICC approves Nicor Gas rate settlement: $82M base rate increase, 9.48% ROE, effective Nov 16
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- Illinois Commerce Commission approved a Stipulation among Nicor Gas, ICC Staff, Illinois Attorney General, CUB and others, filed with the ICC on September 8, 2026.
- Annual base rate revenues will increase by approximately $82 million, effective November 16, 2026; ROE set at 9.48% and equity ratio at 50.00%.
- Settlement resolves the Nicor Gas general base rate case filed January 9, 2026; order can be challenged by rehearing requests within 30 days of service.
- Once the order is final, Nicor Gas will move to dismiss its pending appeal of the Illinois Commission's November 19, 2025 base rate case decision.
- Other signatories include Illinois Industrial Energy Consumers, Legal Action Chicago, Retail Energy Supply Association and Illinois Competitive Energy Association.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004155/000100415526000027/0001004155-26-000027-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004155/000100415526000027/so-20261015.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001004155-26-000027

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