Electric Consumers to See Lower Electricity Bills

Two decisions by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia will result in lower electricity bills for customers than Monongahela Power Co. and Potomac Edison Co. has requested.
The first approved a broad-based compromise that cuts in half a $207 million rate increase proposed by the utilities.
Instead of approving a 13 percent hike, the commission endorsed a multiparty joint stipulation to allow rates to increase by 6.4 percent, or $105 million.
In a separate…