PORT ANGELES — The city’s monthly electricity rates could increase as much as $7 per household this fall because of rising wholesale costs from suppliers.
The city’s Utility Advisory Committee unanimously recommended Tuesday that the City Council hold an Aug. 5 public hearing to discuss rates.
But the committee stopped short of endorsing the city staff’s proposed $7 a month rate increase, citing the need for further discussion.
“This isn’t in line with the City Council’s stated goal to attract development to the city,” City Councilwoman Karen Rogers said.
Rogers serves on the utility committee along with Deputy Mayor Orville Campbell.
The proposed rate increase would keep the basic charge for residential customers at $11 per month.
But the energy charge would increase from 4.75 cents per kilowatt-hour to 5.21 cents under the city staff proposal.
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The rest of the story appears in Wednesday’s Peninsula Daily News.
