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On November 22, the Public Utility Commission alerted consumers and small businesses that most utilities will be adjusting their price to compare for electric generation on December 1st – with potentially large winter energy cost increases in some areas for non-shopping (default service) customers. cents to 7.98 cents to 7.98 cents to 7.98
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