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Resident asks Ashland to oppose Kentucky Power rate increases, urges city to submit comments to PSC
Summary
A local resident urged the Board of City Commissioners to submit public comments to the Kentucky Public Service Commission opposing Kentucky Power's proposed residential, commercial and industrial rate increases and to describe the city's redevelopment work around the former coke plant to the PSC.
Suzanne Barker Griffith of Houston Avenue told the Ashland Board of City Commissioners on Oct. 9 that Kentucky Power's proposed rate increases—14.9% residential, 13% commercial and 15% industrial—would harm families and businesses in the region and that the Public Service Commission should hear from the City of Ashland about local economic-development efforts.
"Adding another 15% to the industrial rate is not helpful in attracting new industries…
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