Colorado OKs 5 percent Xcel rate increase
COLORADO - Colorado regulators have approved an electricity rate increase that will raise Xcel Energy residential customers' bills by about $2.94 a month starting July 1.
The state Public Utilities Commission said electric bills for Xcel's small-business customers will rise by about $4.42 a month.
The total rate increase is $112.2 million, or about 5 percent. Xcel had asked for $159.3 million.
Minneapolis-based Xcel is Colorado's largest electric utility with 1.4 million customers.
Earlier, Xcel proposed a $180.2 million rate increase to start January 1, on top of the increase that was approved.
Xcel says that request would increase typical monthly residential customer's bill by $4.98 and the typical small-business customer's bill by $5.40.
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