Energy Firms File Rate Hikes: Comments Due Soon
Published Date: 7/31/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got a bunch of new electric rate filings from companies like Viridon, Duke Energy, and others. These filings include updates and new agreements that could change how much people pay for electricity, with some changes kicking in as soon as July 2025 and others later in the year. If you want to have your say, make sure to comment by mid-August or earlier for some filings!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Electric rate filings may change bills
You could see changes to your electricity bill because the Commission received rate, tariff, and interconnection filings with proposed effective dates including February 23, 2024; February 29, 2024; June 1, 2025; July 1, 2025; July 17, 2025; July 23, 2025; September 23, 2025; September 24, 2025; and September 27, 2025. These filings (from companies such as Viridon, Duke Energy, Cheyenne Light, Black Hills Power, and Southwest Power Pool) may alter rates or agreements that affect how much customers pay for electricity.
Deadlines to comment or intervene
If you want to protest, comment, or intervene in any listed filing you must file by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the docket's specified comment date — for example, July 30, 2025; August 15, 2025; or August 18, 2025. The Commission's Office of Public Participation can help members of the public, including landowners, community organizations, and Tribal members, at (202) 502-6595 or by email at OPP@ferc.gov.
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