said all regulated electric utilities in the state<\/a> will adjust prices June 1.<\/p>\n\u201cSummer electric bills are influenced by two major factors: the market price of electricity and the amount of electricity used during periods of hot weather,\u201d the PUC said. \u201cWhile June 1 generation price adjustments may increase supply costs for many customers, extended heat waves and heavier air-conditioning use can have an even larger impact on total monthly bills.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the PUC, PPL\u2019s rate per kilowatt-hour will rise 1.5% from 12.953 cents to 13.147 cents. Met-Ed is raising its rate 7.6%, from 12.965 cents to 13.951.<\/p>\n
Rates for small businesses in the PPL and Met-Ed service territories will remain steady or drop slightly.<\/p>\n
The PUC is encouraging consumers to prepare now by reviewing their energy usage, exploring conservation opportunities and calling their utilities to discuss tools like budget billing, payment arrangements and other assistance programs if they are concerned about summer bills.<\/p>\n
Consumers who cannot resolve billing or service issues directly with their utility may contact the PUC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Services at 800-692-7380 for assistance, consumer education and additional information about available utility programs.<\/p>\n
PPL may also increase distribution rates July 1, however that has not yet been approved by the PUC. If that increase, the first since 2016, goes into effect, residential customers using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month could see a bill increase by about $7.42.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Electricity customers in the Lehigh Valley should get ready to pay more as the summer air conditioning season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,60,433,157,182,139,434,28,432],"class_list":["post-203384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-business","tag-lehigh-county","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}