Seattle...... Puget Sound Energy Request 8.1% Rate Increase....

[rsmith6621]

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2011/06/13/puget-sound-energy-proposes-big-power-rate-increase/


Financially stretched because of higher priced gasoline? Your home heating bill could soon be headed in the same upward direction.

Puget Sound Energy, which serves much of suburban King and Pierce counties and virtually all of Thurston and Kitsap counties with electrical service, today asked the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission for approval of an 8.1 percent power rate hike.

At the same time, PSE is also seeking a 3 percent natural gas price increase. PSE serves Tacoma and much of suburban Pierce and King counties with natural gas service. In Thurston County, the company is the largest natural gas supplier.

The company says the average homeowner's electrical bill would increase by $8.37 a month if the commission approves the whole increase. That figure is based on usage of 1,000 kilowatt-hours monthly, a figure that's low for those with electric heating.

Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2011/06/13/puget-sound-energy-proposes-big-power-rate-increase/#ixzz1PCBr0U48

[lib2DaBone]

1. The wages have been going up so fast...and health care costs are so low...

An increase in home energy should be no problem for the working pooor. After all.. they get paid $6.75 an hour... a kings ransom...

[bbinacan]

2. I thought minimum wage was $7.25. n/t

[RagAss]

3. Seatte?