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Town staff link high winter electric bills to extreme cold; consultant recommends 2% rate increase for FY26
Summary
Town staff and consultant presentations May 5 attributed unusually high residential electric bills this winter to extreme cold and heat‑pump auxiliary heating; Burns & McDonnell consultant recommended a 2% rate increase for FY26 and a 3% forecast thereafter to meet revenue needs and capital plans.
Town staff and the town’s rate consultant briefed the Clayton Town Council May 5 on unusually high winter electric bills and on a proposed electric‑rate plan for fiscal year 2026.
Anne Gaines (title recorded as a staff presenter) told council January 2025 was the second‑coldest January in more than three decades and noted the town logged roughly 38–44 billing days across cycles with temperatures below 32degrees. She said that cold snap drove use of heat‑pump auxiliary heat (heat strips), which consume roughly three to four times the kilowatt hours for the same heat output compared with heat pump operation in milder…
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