On a 2-1 vote, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska last week approved an 11.18 percent electric rate increase for more than 7,000 Alaska Power Company customers, including 1,450 in Haines.
Users should see their rates increase by February, said Rod Crum, chief of the RCA’s consumer protection and information section.
Alaska Power Company, the power subsidiary of Alaska Power and Telephone, filed for an 18 percent across-the-board permanent increase one year ago. The utility said…
