Customers of Duke Energy and Tampa Electric will soon get the chance to attend rare local, public hearings and weigh in on the utilities’ requests to raise base rates next year by millions of dollars. Base rates are a major component of electricity bills, which also include other charges.
Both companies have said the rate hikes are necessary to help them keep up with infrastructure improvements and build more solar capacity, among other reasons. The upcoming hearings are customers’ opportunity to tell state regulators, who will ultimately decide on the companies’ requests, about how higher rates could impact them.
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