MPS customers
to see slight decrease in electricity bills
PRESQUE ISLE — Maine Public Service retail customers will see a change in their electricity bills, effective July 1, as a result of the annual transmission rate adjustment which occurs each year at this time. The overall average retail rate change will amount to a 0.61 percent decrease in transmission rates. The transmission rate change affects all Maine Public Service customers and varies by customer classification.
“While transmission rates are a small portion of the total electricity bill, we are aiming to keep rates stable for customers,” said MPS Interim General Manager Lois Smith, “while also investing in energy infrastructure to further improve reliability and expand our support for economic vitality of the communities we serve.”
A typical residential customer bill, including delivery and electricity supply, using 500 kilowatt hours monthly under standard offer service will see a 33-cent decrease (-0.45 percent) in their total monthly electricity bill. A typical small commercial customer using 1,200 kilowatt hours per month will experience a decrease of about 61 cents (-0.40 percent) per month.
The rate change for commercial, industrial and transmission-level customers will vary for each customer rate class. For more information about rates, please contact the MPS Customer Service Center at 760-2300 or toll-free at 1-877-655-4448, or log onto www.mainepublicservice.com/your-account/rates-and-terms.aspx.
