The PPL Building (seen here in the distance) is the tallest building in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
PPL Utilities customers will soon see a new addition to their bills: a special charge aimed at financing speedier improvements to the Allentown-based utility’s electricity distribution system.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved the new fee, which can be added to bills starting in July. Proceeds can be used to “recover reasonable and prudent costs incurred to repair, improve or replace certain eligible distribution property that is part of a utility’s distribution system.”
The commission approved PPL’s five-year accelerated infrastructure replacement plan in January. The plan includes more than $135 million in system improvements and reliability upgrades this year, and a total of $700 million between now and 2017.
Customers’ bills are expected to increase by about 0.44 percent, or 20 cents on the bill of a typical residential customer with 1,000 kilowatt-hours of monthly usage.
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-ppl-distribution-charge-20130523,0,881996.story
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