David Wichner Customers of UniSource Energy Services, which serves Santa Cruz and Mohave counties, will see an average $11 increase in their monthly home bills after state regulators boosted a surcharge to cover spiraling costs for fuel and wholesale power.
UES, which serves 19,000 electric customers in Santa Cruz County and 80,000 in Mohave County, presented the commission with several options to make up the shortfall through a higher surcharge over time periods ranging from 12 months — which would have resulted in an average monthly bill increase of nearly $54 — up to 33 months.
Diane Brown, executive director of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, said many consumers, out of necessity, will opt for smaller payments even if it means paying more in the long run, preferring the longer surcharge to avoid “rate shock.” Myers and Commission Chairman Jim O’Connor voted against lengthening the period of the increased surcharge to 33 months, but the amendment passed on a 3-2 vote, and the commission unanimously approved the amended measure.
The commission’s staff recommended a 12-month surcharge increase that would result in an average monthly bill increase of $12.07 monthly over the year, on top of the current average home surcharge of $6.36 monthly. Consumer advocates, including RUCO and Wildfire, an anti-poverty group, said TEP’s proposed $13 monthly bill increase is too much for ratepayers already struggling amid high inflation and facing another general rate increase this year.
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