Utility Costs Are Skyrocketing and the Republican Rate Hike Will Make It Worse
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Washington, D.C. — Utility costs are already skyrocketing across the country, and the Republican budget reconciliation bill will hike rates even more. Repealing clean energy tax credits would raise electricity prices for American households by more than $110 per year next year and nearly $400 in the next decade. Republican Senators still have a choice: protect clean energy incentives and lower costs for their constituents, or hike energy prices to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
ALASKA: Peninsula Clarion: HEA announces rate increase effective April 1
ARIZONA: AZ Family: APS applies to raise Arizona electricity rates by 14% beginning next year
IDAHO: CBS2: Idaho Power seeks $199.1 million rate hike, impacting residential bills
INDIANA: Fox59: AES wants to raise prices. How much will your bill go up?; The Herald-Times: State approves reduced Duke Energy rate hike to modernize grid, increase security
IOWA: Our Quad Cities News: MidAmerican Energy proposes rate increase for Iowa gas customers; Southeast Iowa Union: Alliant Energy increases electric, natural gas rates
KANSAS: KSNT: Kansans fill room to voice concerns over Evergy proposed rate hike
MAINE: The Piscataquis Observer: Regulators approve Central Maine Power rate hike
MICHIGAN: MLive: Consumers Energy asks to raise electric rates $436M, the most in decades; Detroit Free Press: Another DTE rate increase could ‘bankrupt’ Michigan families, state rep. Says
MONTANA: Montana Free Press: About 50 people protest NorthWestern Energy’s rate hike as the state utility board starts 2-week hearing
NEVADA: Nevada Current: NV Energy’s proposed rate hike panned by some, praised by others at consumer sessions; Las Vegas Review-Journal: ‘It’s theft’: Consumers express concern over NV Energy rate hike
NORTH DAKOTA: North Dakota Monitor: PSC approves 2 natural gas rate increases
OHIO: The Columbus Dispatch: AEP Ohio seeks electric rate increase to improve power grid
PENNSYLVANIA: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: As Pittsburgh faces electricity rate hike of 15%, Pa. lawmakers ratchet up debate on energy sources
SOUTH CAROLINA: South Carolina Daily Gazette: Santee Cooper customers should expect a double cost hike in 2025 after years of frozen rates
SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota Searchlight: Regulators begin reviewing Otter Tail Power’s proposed 12.5% electric rate increase
UTAH: Utah News Dispatch: Commission orders 4.7% electricity rate increase, a quarter of Rocky Mountain Power’s proposal
WEST VIRGINIA: WCHS: W.Va. Senate committee questions AEP on drastic rise in power bills