Food & Water Watch: Advocates Call on Hillsborough County to Intervene in TECO Rate Hikes
April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on April 17, 2024:
Today, advocates with the Hillsborough Affordable Energy Coalition requested that the Hillsborough County Commission intervene on behalf of their constituents against a recently filed TECO rate hike that, if approved, would raise the average bill to $160.93 a month in January 2025, an increase of 62% since January 2019 -- well over twice the rate of inflation over that period.
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Today, advocates with the Hillsborough Affordable Energy Coalition requested that the Hillsborough County Commission intervene on behalf of their constituents against a recently filed TECO rate hike that, if approved, would raise the average bill to $160.93 a month in January 2025, an increase of 62% since January 2019 -- well over twice the rate of inflation over that period.
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