To ease rate shock, Pennsylvania lawmaker proposes five-year extension of rate caps

摘要

Pennsylvania State Senator Lisa Boscola, an advocate fornextending rate caps in the state, appears to be in a pitched battlenwith PPL, the utility that primarily serves customers in her district.nBoscola, who sponsored legislation, S.B. 754, which wouldnextend rate caps five years, said she is tired of what she says isnthe electric industry’s “greedy” power plays.nBoscola said her bill would help customers, especially smallnbusinesses, to be able to pay higher deregulated rates graduallyninstead of immediately.