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Walker hikes electricity rates on homeowners to subsidize Big Business
MILWAUKEE — Big energy users in Wisconsin are getting breaks on rate increases at the expense of other businesses and homeowners.
The move is meant to foster Gov. Scott Walker’s job creation goals, Phil Montgomery, chairman of the Public Service Commission, told a Wisconsin newspaper.
“Is it by design? Yes. We believe it helps in job creation,” said Montgomery, a Republican former state representative from the Green Bay area who is one of two Walker appointees on the three-member panel that regulates utility rates in Wisconsin.
“It’s been a goal of this governor to help every way we can in job growth and creation, and we viewed that, in the setting of the rates, that if we can come up with a fair mix for all that helps job creators, then that’s a good thing,” Montgomery said.
For example, We Energies was granted an overall electricity rate increase of 4.2 percent for 2013, but large companies got only a 3% boost while homeowners and small businesses got rate increases of at least 5 percent.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/viewart/20130114/GPG0101/301140236/Big-Wisconsin-energy-users-get-rate-hike-breaks
The move is meant to foster Gov. Scott Walker’s job creation goals, Phil Montgomery, chairman of the Public Service Commission, told a Wisconsin newspaper.
“Is it by design? Yes. We believe it helps in job creation,” said Montgomery, a Republican former state representative from the Green Bay area who is one of two Walker appointees on the three-member panel that regulates utility rates in Wisconsin.
“It’s been a goal of this governor to help every way we can in job growth and creation, and we viewed that, in the setting of the rates, that if we can come up with a fair mix for all that helps job creators, then that’s a good thing,” Montgomery said.
For example, We Energies was granted an overall electricity rate increase of 4.2 percent for 2013, but large companies got only a 3% boost while homeowners and small businesses got rate increases of at least 5 percent.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/viewart/20130114/GPG0101/301140236/Big-Wisconsin-energy-users-get-rate-hike-breaks
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