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Article: Plan to boost utility rates draws critics New hearing promised amid technical glitches
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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By THOMAS CONTENT
We Energies customers weighed in on the utility's proposed rate
increase on Tuesday, raising concerns about the utility's proposal
to recoup revenue lost to sales declines caused by the recession.
But technical glitches at the hearing prompted the Public Service
Commission to announce that another hearing will be scheduled at a
later date.
At issue is a proposed $189 million price increase for
electricity, as well as increases proposed for local natural gas
charges and steam bought by Milwaukee and Wauwatosa businesses.
More than 40 people attended the afternoon hearing at Serb Hall
on Milwaukee's south side, a bigger crowd than for any hearing on a
We Energies rate case ...