FEMA gives RECs $52 million
The funds were announced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. In all, 20 cooperatives and 24 municipal utilities received assistance to restore damaged facilities.
Funds were part of FEMA's public assistance program. FEMA pays 75 percent of eligible costs for repair or replacement of damaged utilities; the state pays 10 percent, and the local entity, 15 percent.
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Ontario's electricity 'recovery rate' could lead to higher hydro bills
TORONTO - A new provincial COVID-19 measure, designed to give Ontario ratepayers "stability" on their hydro bills this summer, could result in slightly higher hydro costs over the next four months.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government announced over the weekend that consumers would be charged a single around-the-clock electricity rate between June and November, replacing the much-derided time-of-use model ratepayers have complained about for years.
Instead of being charged between 10 to 20 cents per kilowatt hour, depending on the time of day electricity is used, hydro users will be charged a blanket rate of 12.8 cents per kWh.
"The new rate will…
