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RICHMOND — Potomac Edison’s 65,000 Virginia customers will pay less for electricity beginning Sept. 1. The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved the company’s request to reduce rates by approximately $544,000, a decrease of 0.7 percent.
For the average residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month of electricity, the monthly bill
66.7%