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REC has a request for a seven percent rate increase pending before the State Corporation Commission. Currently a customer using 2,000 kilowatt-hours (kwh) in a month is billed $156.82 by REC. Other Rappahannock electricity users, who are served by Potomac Edison, will pay $129.46 for 2,000 kwh in a month.
Ellis Bingham, who represents Jackson District on the Board of Supervisors, said he is not an REC customer, but he had been looking into the problem. He advised people to take their complaints to the SCC.
The SCC has a public hearing on REC’s request for a rate hike scheduled in Richmond at 10 a.m. Oct. 28. Bingham advised those in the audience to have strong representation at that hearing.
Rappahannock Supervisor Anderson urged that customers, as voting members of the customer-owned utility cooperative, should not sign their cards giving the board of directors the power to cast their votes by proxy. “Go to the meeting. It’s a cooperative. Get people you know in there. The best thing is not to sign your proxy vote away,” he said.
In September the supervisors adopted a resolution noting the power outages suffered by REC customers, especially during the months of July and August. The resolution, which was introduced by Anderson, said in part:
“The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors is concerned that its constituents receive the maximum dollar value of service for their dollar, and that the service be dependable, consistent, and of superior quality, particularly now when a rate increase is proposed.”
A copy of the resolution was sent to the SCC.
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