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Article: Hearing slated for planned rate cut.(Utilities)(The decrease would be the second consecutive decline for EWEB customers)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2005
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Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard
The Eugene Water & Electric Board is contemplating a second consecutive decrease in electric rates for residential customers this fall, a phenomenon that may be a first for the public utility.
The utility in April stopped a steady, four-year run-up in electric rates by reducing the average cost to residential customers by 1.5 percent. That saved the average household using about 1,250 kilowatt-hours of electricity about $1.45 a month.
On Tuesday, EWEB commissioners will hold the first of two public hearings on a proposal to cut rates again, beginning in October, by about 2 percent for residential customers. ...