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China raised electricity rates for businesses and industries Friday, part of a long-term effort to adjust prices to reflect costs and promote energy saving as the country struggles to meet soaring demand. The 5.7 percent increase was the first rate-hike...
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Under the measure, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is mandated to conduct public hearings on all applications for basic rate increases only and prohibits it to issue Provisional Authority for electricity rate increases ex parte, except for pass-through...
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Changes in Iowas electric rate regulation could promote energy efficiency and dampen the impact of rising electric rates on low-income Iowans, a report from the Iowa Policy Project said Wednesday. The report challenges the prevailing block rate structure...
Xcel Energy is seeking a $180.2 million net increase in base electric rates next year, separate from a pending $112.2 million increase expected to take effect in July. The utility said Friday that the latest request, which would increase typical monthly...
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Electric rates in Clarksville will rise in January, and this time it's not because of a rate increase passed on from the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Power Board approved a 6 percent rate increase to fund capital projects. The city will need two new...
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Florida’s Public Service Commission today approved a plan to reduce electric rates for Florida Power & Light Co. customers, with the typical residential user seeing a drop in his bill from $111.12 to $109.55, officials said. The decrease is due to close...
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Beginning next summer, Xcel Energy's typical residential customers will see an 8 percent hike in their electricity bill, or $5.13 a month, if regulators approve a rate-increase proposal filed today by the state's largest utility. A typical small-business...
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State regulators have taken two actions that will result in lower electricity bills for Puget Sound Energy residential customers, while natural gas bills will rise. The Utilities and Transportation Commission on Wednesday accepted a Bonneville Power Administration...
The Tennessee Valley Authority's largest electric rate increase in more than three decades takes effect Wednesday as thousands of consumers already are struggling to pay their power bills and avoid service cutoffs. A 20 percent rate hike from the nation's...
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. wants to raise electricity rates by 6.5 percent to cover the soaring cost of natural gas, which fuels most of California's electric power plants. The utility filed a request for the increase with state regulators on Tuesday.
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