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District officials warn rising electric delivery charges, energy-auction results could swell FY26 costs
Summary
After a live auction for electricity supply, district staff said supply-side and potential utility delivery increases could raise FY26 costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars; uncertainty about solar incentives adds to the risk.
District finance staff reported that a recent live auction for electric supply produced a three-year contract that raises supply-side costs by about $230,000 on the district's current load, while delivery charges from utility Ameren could still double and add as much as $800,000 more to the district's electric bill.
"In the end, the numbers aren't fantastic, but they're within your threshold that we approved at the last meeting," Dr. Mike Curry, the district's chief operational officer, said of the auction. He said the…
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