The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
Public Notice
NYSEG has filed tariff revisions November 25, 2020 with the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) for new electricity and natural gas delivery rates to become effective May 1, 2022. These tariff revisions cover the third annual delivery rate increase under the terms of a three-year rate plan approved by the PSC in November 2020 and they include a $36.0 million increase in electricity revenue and a $5.3 million increase in natural gas revenue.
A residential electricity customer with an average use of 600 kilowatt-hours/month can expect an average monthly bill increase of $2.42. A residential natural gas heating customer using 80 therms/month can expect an average monthly bill increase of $1.20.
Customers may see some charges prorated on your May or June bill to take into account energy delivered before and after the new electricity and natural gas
delivery rates went into effect.
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
Regular Residential Customers: The electricity delivery charge will increase 0.245 cents per kilowatt-hour. The per-therm natural gas delivery charge for the 4-to-50therms block will increase 0.368 cents per therm and 0.086 cents for the block rate over 50 therms. The electric customer charge will increase by $0.95, and the natural gas customer charge will increase by $1.00.
Day/night and Time-of-use Customers: The electricity delivery charge will
increase 0.281 cents per kilowatt-hour for Service Class 8 and 0.072 cents per kilowatt-hour for Service Class 12. The Service Class 8 customer charge will increase by $1.10, and the Service Class 12 customer charge will increase by $1.55.
Additional information about changes in residential electricity and natural gas delivery charges is available at nyseg.com (click on the Account tab and select
“Electric Pricing” or “Natural Gas Pricing” in the “Understand Your Bill” column).
NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
Information about changes in nonresidential electricity customer charges, electricity demand and energy charges (where applicable), natural gas minimum charges and natural gas therm charges is available at nyseg.com. Changes are also in effect for standby, street lighting and economic development rates. Please check page 2 of your bill for bill messages and nyseg.com for detailed information.
Regarding energy supply: If you purchase energy supply from NYSEG, your price will continue to be based on market prices; if you purchase your energy supply from a supplier other than NYSEG (also known as an energy services company or ESCO), your energy supply price depends on your agreement with your ESCO.