A very small group of FirstEnergy electric users showed up for a Sept. 7 hearing at Cleveland city hall on a proposed electric rate hike that would call for electric rates to climb for eight years.
CLEVELAND — A very small group of FirstEnergy electric users showed up for a Sept. 7 hearing at Cleveland City Hall on a proposed electric rate hike that would call for electric rates to climb over an eight-year period.
FirstEnergy told News 5 its Electric Security Plan proposal is calling for a 2.2% increase in its first year, or approximately $3.11 more per month for the average electric user, and then a half-percent increase every year afterward for the next year, eight years until 2032. Cleveland homeless community activist"Loh," told News 5 she was disappointed by the small turn-out at Cleveland City Hall and urged consumers to get involved and take part in the hearing process.
"In the past, they had hearings where consumers could hear the case first, and then testimony and public comment," Miessner said. “At that point, people have a chance to learn what the case is about, and then you have the public come in and testify; they’re now doing it backwards, and I really think it’s a way of making certain that they don’t have a lot of public involvement.”
Meanwhile, the Ohio Consumers' Council believes the hearing process on the rate hike will continue for the next several months, with a hearing set for Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 4:30 p.m. at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 60 South High Street, Room 2AB, Akron, Ohio 44308.
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