Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

AI data centers have been blamed for higher electricity bills.

UGI Utilities natural gas customers can weigh in on the utility’s latest request for higher rates at public hearings Wednesday in Luzerne County.

In September, the state Public Utility Commission approved higher rates that raised a typical UGI Utilities residential customer's rates by 6.7%. Now, the utility wants an 8.7% on top of that.

The state Public Utility Commission voted Thursday to suspend Pennsylvania-American Water Co.'s latest rate hike request, postponing higher rates, if they're approved, until at least August.

PPL Electric Utilities wants to raise its residential customers' bills by 7 percent, but customers will have a chance to respond. The public can comment on the rate hike at several upcoming hearings.

PPL Electric Utility wants 7% higher rates for residential customers. State regulators have scheduled hearings next month in Scranton and Catasaqua so customers can comment.

The state Public Utility Commission approved a settlement Wednesday that requires UGI Utilities to pay a $750,000 penalty and update procedures to ensure an eruption that killed a woman on Christmas 2020 in Monroe County never happens again.

A Dickson City council member died in a car crash over the weekend. And utility customers in four counties could face rate hikes.

Wellsboro Electric Co. and Citizens' Electric Co. seek higher electricity rates. Valley Energy Inc. wants to raise natural gas rates.

On average, UGI wants to raise rates almost 11% on residential customers, almost 9% on businesses and 7.5% on industrial plants.