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Council reviews proposed 3% revenue increase for electric rates; workshop scheduled for formal hearing
Summary
Council reviewed proposed Light & Power rate adjustments intended to generate about a 3% overall revenue increase and asked staff to prepare bill‑impact examples for the public hearing; staff also described operational constraints such as limited manpower to maintain distributed assets.
Council members discussed a draft update to Logan’s Light & Power rate schedules during a workshop July 15. Staff said the proposed changes are intended to achieve an overall 3 percent increase in electric utility revenue and to return the utility to a cost‑of‑service alignment over several years. The rate package also simplifies and restores a table of connection fees that staff had previously moved away from because volatile construction costs made frequent custom calculations burdensome.
Why it matters: Changes to utility rates affect all electric customers and feed into municipal budgeting. Councilmembers asked for concrete examples of the effect on an average residential bill at the formal public hearing and sought clarification about how mixed residential/commercial live‑work units would be classified and billed.
Details and staff comments: Staff said the 3 percent figure represents an overall revenue increase rather than a flat percentage applied to every customer class; actual changes vary by rate class and meter charges. Staff said the utility is “lean on manpower,” noting additional operational burdens if the utility owns and operates multiple small distributed solar arrays and battery systems. Council asked staff to return for a public hearing with sample monthly bill impacts for typical residential and commercial customers, and to provide the proposed rate language for public review.
