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If the State Corporation Commission approves two Dominion Virginia Power filings for rate increases, residential rates will go up almost six percent for some 2.4 million customers, starting September 1. The bulk of that rate hike – 4.1% – would be to cover spiking natural gas and purchased electricity prices the utility...
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A steady reduction in nationwide generating capacity in increasing electricity rates, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Phillip Moeller. “We are now in an era of rising electricity prices,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “If you take enough supply out of the system, the price is...
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It would seem like an April Fool joke, if only it weren’t so serious. More than 9,000 electrically heated Lehigh Valley households have seen their monthly bills soar by 50%, 100% or more – and not just because of a record-cold winter. As columnist Paul Carpenter describes it in the Lehigh Valley Morning Call, some...
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Those Christmas lights on your house or tree spread holiday cheer, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics it’s at a higher cost than ever. Their most recent monthly figures show that the seasonally adjusted electricity price index hit an all-time high nationally in November. The average price for a kilowatt...
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If you live in Maryland, get ready to pay a 3.6 percent rate increase – retroactively. That’s the bad news. But there’s also good news: You can reverse that rate hike, and then some. As the Baltimore Sun reported September 12, The Maryland Public Service Commission has authorized Delmarva Power to increase...
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