The South Carolina utility watchdog agency asked Dominion Energy on Monday to postpone its tariff increase request, which could increase the monthly bills of 753,000 energy consumers by 7.7%.
Officials from the SC Office of Regulatory Staff, which represents the dealership’s customers, asked Dominion to agree to a “break” of at least six months, while the state and the dealership’s customers continued to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and the consequences consequences of the public health crisis.
Nanette Edwards, the executive director of the ORS, sent a letter to Dominion and the state’s public service regulators at the SC Public Service Commission on Monday requesting a break.
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