Regulators may OK $10 monthly NV Energy rate hike
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission is due to consider a proposal to cut the Las Vegas-based utility's request for a 16.7 percent rate hike to 9.3 percent.
The PUC would add savings from expected drops in the cost of fuel and power to lower the rate hike even more, to about 6.8 percent or $10.05 a month.
Part of the increase would kick in July 1, pushing the average summertime single-family residential power bill from about $256 to $263 a month. The rest of the increase would come January 1.
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If elected on Oct. 3, the NDP will pay for the equipment and installation of new geothermal systems at 5,000 homes, St. James candidate Adrien Sala announced outside a St. Boniface home that previously made the switch.
The homes that switch to geothermal energy could save as much as 50 per cent on their electricity bills, Sala said.
"It will save you money, it will grow our economy and it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And I think we…
