Alabama Power Seeks Rate Hike

Alabama Alabama Power Alabama Power has asked the Public Service Commission to raise rates for residential customers by more than 14 percent.

by The Associated Press

Published: Tue, August 26, 2008 - 7:16 pm CST

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Power Co. has asked the Public
Service Commission to raise rates for residential customers by more
than 14 percent.
The utility reported to the state utility regulatory board that
it is not receiving enough money to cover its rising costs for coal
and natural gas, and it needs a rate increase.
A company spokesman says the proposed increase of 14.6 percent
would mean an extra $16.45 for a residential customer who uses
1,000 kilowatt hours per month.
The PSC will hold a public hearing on the proposed increase on
Sept. 23.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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southalgurl Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:39 pm

This will be the 2nd rate hike from al pwr, since hurricane Katrina. They increased our bills by 20% back in ‘05 to pay for all the repairs

rosepetal Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:55 am

i am unable to go to the meeting. i am sure it will be in montgomery. so i am going to email them and voice my view. the southern company needs to be calmed down a little.

Mom2AngelBaby Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:04 am

Human error is normal in life! But, my neighbor is cooling a much larger area of space than myself and has two times the people living in the residence yet her bill is always less than mine..hmmm go figure…

SumOneILove Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:22 am

If in fact the rate increase is due to the increase in cost for coal and natural gas then that is just something we will have to deal with. 14% is a little much i believe. They need to sit down and figure up a new percentage.

carl Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:02 am

COMING SOON TO A HOUSE YOU KNOW—A SMART METER! they can change the rates you pay during any part of the day with the smart meter and get all the readings automatically, doing away with meter readers and able to shut off any meter from the plant or group of meters during times of heavy draw on the lines. Don’t think they would play any favorites on who to shut off do you ?

carl Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:51 am

A monopoly I believe covers it best and they have been covering everything they thought might interfere with making higher profits. Check out some of the regulations they got passed regarding wind energy and those they’re trying to get passed on solar power. They’re trying to box us in and giving us no choices on alternatives. They are quite about it but are working away in the background.

Mom2AngelBaby Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:44 am

My gracious! Why does everyone want to keep raising there prices? My power bill is already running me $300 + a month, thats when they actually read the meter instead of guessing at it! They get paid good money to read meters and they need to do there jobs….I mean how hard is it to really jump out of a vehicle and write some numbers down?

rosepetal Says:

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:19 am

alabama power needs no increase. they are worse than the oil companies. the southern company needs to be broken up.