State Reviewing Power Utility Rates
The state public service commission is listing the valuation of Pacific Power & Light properties, setting the stage for a potential battle over utility charges.
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The engineers of the state public service commission have finished the work of listing the valuation of the Pacific Power & Light company’s properties in the state. A hearing to fix these valuations will be held in North Yakima next Monday. The valuations as fixed at that time will be made a basis for determining the reasonableness of the company’s charges for light and power at a later hearing. This later hearing will be participated in by representatives of a number of towns served by the company. Kennewick, however, will not participate.
“The valuations as fixed at that time will be made a basis for determining the reasonableness of the company’s charges.”
Utility rate regulation remains a contentious point for local residents, echoing this 1914 effort by the state to determine if private energy monopolies were extracting fair or excessive fees from the public.
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