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Jacklyn Isasi

Proposals to Increase Monthly Fixed Charges on Electricity Bills Discourage Conservation and Unfairly Penalize Low Income Consumers

By Jacklyn Isasi, JUN 19, 2015

Recent proposals by Pennsylvania's two largest electric companies to substantially boost fixed monthly charges for consumers would hurt low-usage and low-income customers the most, many of whom are living on fixed incomes and are struggling to pay for food, rent, medicine, and utility bills.

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