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mgreier@salemnews.net SALEM — Residents in the city’s gas aggregation program paid more than expected for both February and March after supplier Volunteer Energy increased the locked-in rate without warning. “It was a shock to all of us at city hall,” Mayor John Berlin said. Under the new two-year contract with Volunteer Energy, the city had agreed to a locked-in rate of 41 cents per one hundred cubic feet (Ccf) for the natural gas aggregation program, which allows the city to gain buyi...