Tuesday, April 20, 2010
PSC Holds Public Meeting In Pikeville
KENTUCKY....
Kentucky Public Service Commission members heard from about 25 people who gathered at Pikeville High School Tuesday evening. The meeting drew a crowd of about 100 concerned citizens and business leaders who were there to discuss Kentucky Power's request for a 24 percent rate increase that would raise customers' bills by nearly 35 percent. Grocery store owners warned the increase would result in higher food prices, while officials from Mountain Water District said its power bills would increase by $17,000 a month. Carol Napier, who oversees Pike County senior citizens centers and serves on the Big Sandy Area Development District council on aging, said she thought cost-cutting to keep the company profitable for stockholders contributed to outages in eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Power officials said their goal is to do routine line maintenance every four or five years, but, with not enough money, it hasn't met that goal.
Kentucky Public Service Commission members heard from about 25 people who gathered at Pikeville High School Tuesday evening. The meeting drew a crowd of about 100 concerned citizens and business leaders who were there to discuss Kentucky Power's request for a 24 percent rate increase that would raise customers' bills by nearly 35 percent. Grocery store owners warned the increase would result in higher food prices, while officials from Mountain Water District said its power bills would increase by $17,000 a month. Carol Napier, who oversees Pike County senior citizens centers and serves on the Big Sandy Area Development District council on aging, said she thought cost-cutting to keep the company profitable for stockholders contributed to outages in eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Power officials said their goal is to do routine line maintenance every four or five years, but, with not enough money, it hasn't met that goal.
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