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generation facilities being off line mean that each consumer’s bill will be from three-fourths of a penny to one full penny per kilowatt hour higher than if naclear power supplied part <Mthe electricity that consumers use, according to NPEC.
Rural electric cooperatives in Virginia have adopted a three-mopths averaging to pass on fuel adjustment costs. “While this greatly benfits the consumer by eliminating the wild fluctuation of electric bills that were experienced two winters ago, it does mean that the higher bills will be assessed over more months. That means that higher bills will be with the consumer through most of the winter heating season and possibly into the spring,” according to NPEC.
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