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EPHRATA — Grant County PUD customers will see an increase in their electrical rates beginning April 1. Utility district commissioners approved an overall 3% rate increase, averaged across all rate classes, on a 3-1-1 vote Jan. 23.
PUD commissioners approved the increase to offset inflation-driven operational costs, and to help fund new projects.
PUD commissioners approved the increase to offset inflation-driven operational costs, and to help fund new projects.
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD commissioners will vote on a proposal for a 3% overall rate increase, effective April 1, at the Jan. 9 commission meeting. While the overall increase is 3%, individual classes may pay more or less than that. Julio Aguirre Carmona, the PUD’s rates and pricing program manager, said that will be the recommendation from PUD staff. If commissioners approve it, it will be the same policy they followed in 2023. If commissioners approve the 3% overall proposal, residential and irrigation rates would increase by 3.5%; so would the rate for general service and large gener...
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD customers are considering a rate increase in 2024, but whether it will be 3% across the board to all customer classes, or an overall 3% increase, is still to be determined. Utility district commissioners talked about some of their thinking on rates during a rate workshop Tuesday.