Electricity customers of Clallam County Public Utility District No. 1 and the city of Port Angeles should see a small rate increase this fall if the Bonneville Power Administration raises it wholesale electricity rates.
Bonneville announced Wednesday that it probably will raise wholesale rates an average of 5 percent this fall.
The proposed BPA increase now goes to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval.
Previous wholesale rate increases have translated at the retail level into half the wholesale increase.
The Port Angeles Utility Advisory Committee will discuss the proposed Bonneville increase and other factors affecting the city’s electricity costs at its next meeting, said Scott McLain, deputy director for power systems for the city of Port Angeles.
The committee meets at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Public Works Conference Room at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.
Clallam PUD — which provides electricity to county areas outside the Port Angeles city limit — doesn’t have the proposed rate increase listed on its preliminary agenda, but its board of commissioners could choose to discuss the subject.
The PUD board meets at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the utility’s headquarters, 2431 E. Highway 101, Port Angeles.
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