Many see a difference in their utility bills during the summer season, but more changes are on the way.<\/p>\n
Electric generation prices for all Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) regulated electric utilities will adjust on June 1.<\/p>\n
The portion of the bill that covers poles, wires and everything that gets the power to you, typically remains stable for years at a time with rates set by the PUC.<\/p>\n
Generation charges can fluctuate two times a year.<\/p>\n
“That is really what your utilities are doing. They don’t generate electricity; they don’t own generation in Pennsylvania. They’re distribution companies. Twice a year they’re going out and essentially shopping in bulk for their customers who don’t shop for their own suppliers,” said Nils Hagen-Frederiksen the press secretary for PA PUC.<\/p>\n
On Monday, distribution companies will adjust “default service” price to compare rates. Simply put, those who don’t shop around will see the changes.<\/p>\n
PPL customers can expect to pay 1.5% more. Met-Ed customers will see a 7.6% increase. PECO’s rates are rising nearly 5%.<\/p>\n
“It can be a one two punch the price changes, and we are seeing prices all across Pennsylvania go up as energy prices globally have gone up and temperatures go up which drives how much you use,” said Hagen-Frederiksen.<\/p>\n
Hagen-Frederiksen says take steps now. Turning off lights and appliances can help. Fans and shade are also tools to cool down for less.<\/p>\n
“Something as little as a one-degree change can swing your energy usage by 3 percent,” said Hagen-Frederiksen.<\/p>\n
If you do have an issue paying, call the number on your bill and ask for help.<\/p>\n
This does come as PPL has submitted a petition to increase its distribution rate. The commission has yet to make a decision on that, but if PUC gives a go ahead, those changes will come at the beginning of July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many see a difference in their utility bills during the summer season, but more changes are on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232],"class_list":["post-205795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205795","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=205795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}