Monday, June 16, 2008

Shocking

Dominion Virginia Power wants to hike electricity rates by 18 percent.
That would be the largest one-time rate increase for the utility since the 1970s, although Dominion customers would still pay less, on average, than many electric customers in Maryland.
That last part doesn't make me feel any better. Besides, Viriginia seems headed toward the same sort of burdensome regulatory and taxation policies that make things more expensive in Mary-Land.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How are people expected to afford this?? 18%? And with rising gas, heating, food costs? With wages stagnant or only increasing very modestly--3% if you are lucky? Gah!