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PSC rejects special rate deal

January 12, 2007 By WRN Contributor

The Public Service Commission ruled against a Point Edwards chemical plant that wanted to lock in its electric rates.

ERCO Worldwide hoped for a special rate so it could afford to install mercury pollution controls. According to a PSC statement the plant does account for a quarter of the state's mercury emissions.

Charlie Higley of the Citizens Utility Board, who petitioned the PSC to reject the deal, says it was illegal and would have set a bad precedent

His group also got involved because it may have meant higher rates for other WP&L customers. Consumers, he says, won't be paying for a private company's construction.

ERCO Manager Steve Hieger is quoted as saying they're not giving up on cutting emissions it just may not be 100% as planned. The PSC did approve a rate hike for WP&L anyway. It just wasn't as high.

 

AUDIO: Jim Dick reports ( :41 MP3 )

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