January 9, 2002—The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved rate changes that will result in a small reduction for more than 1.1 million residential customers of PPL Electric Utilities. Rates will increase slightly for some commercial customers on other rate schedules.
A residential customer on the RS Rate Schedule who uses 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity in a month will pay $47.44 in 2002—a reduction of 20 cents from the 2001 level.
A commercial customer on the GS-1 Rate Schedule who uses 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and has a demand of 5 kilowatts will pay $181.02 per month—an increase of 70 cents from 2001.
The changes, which took effect Jan. 1, result from a reduction in the company’s Transition Charge and an increase in state taxes on electric utilities. The rates apply only to electricity that customers use after Dec. 31.
For more information, contact PPL Electric Utilities at 610/774-5997.
