UPDATE!!!

Metro Council Resolution Filed Regarding E.On Request for New Fees and Higher Usage Rates

Metro Councilman Kelly Downard (District 16) along with Hal Heiner (District 19), Jim King (District 10), David Tandy (District 4) and Doug Hawkins (District 25) have filed a resolution asking the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Public Service Commission to deny E.On AG’s request to impose new fees and higher usage rates for its customers until the matter of the sale of E.On’s North American Operations can be determined.

“At this point in time, a rate increase does not make sense,” said Councilman Hawkins. “Residents can barely afford to pay utility bills as it is already. A rate increase would not benefit anyone but E.On in this situation.”

The Resolution will receive its first reading at the Thursday, March 11 2009 meeting of the Louisville Metro Council. The resolution is expected to be sent to the Transportation & Public Works Committee for review.

Last week’s email

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

LG&E Rate Increase

How customers can register a complaint

An article in the Courier-Journal announced that LG&E wants to change the way it bills customers for gas and electric.  Instead of charging by the amount of gas a home uses, LG&E wants to charge a higher flat fee rate of $26.53 to deliver gas to its customers.  In addition, LG&E wants to triple its electric residential customer charge from $5.00 to $15.00.

Our office has received numerous calls from constituents wanting to know how to register a complaint against LG&E’s proposed rate changes.  Complaints can be sent to the Kentucky Public Service Commission and to the Attorney General.  Please reference “Case Number 2009-00549” in your correspondence so it will be properly recorded with the correct case.

The Public Service Commission and Attorney General prefer to receive written letters; however, I have included all means of registering a complaint for your convenience.

Kentucky Public Service Commission

o    Via the PSC website at http://psc.ky.gov/cis/inquiry.aspx

o    Call the PSC Complaint Hotline at 1-800-772-4636

o     E-mail – Attorney.General@ag.ky.gov

o     Fax 502-564-7397

o   Mail your complaint to:
Kentucky Public Service Commission
Attn: Executive Director Jeff DeRouen
P.O. Box 615
Frankfort, KY 40602

Don’t forget to include “Case Number 2009-00549” when filing your complaint.

Kentucky Attorney General

o   Call the AG at 1-502-696-5300

o   E-mail heather.kash@ag.ky.gov

o   Mail your complaint to:

Jack Conway Conway

Kentucky Attorney General

Office of Rate Intervention

1024 Capital Center Drive Suite 200

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

Don’t forget to include “Case Number 2009-00549” when filing your complaint.

Click here to read the full article, LG&E rate change could hit low energy users more than others by Patrick Howington

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