APSC holding Public Comment Hearing concerning SWEPCO rate increase

The Arkansas Public Service Commission has scheduled a Public Comment Hearing in the area for Southwestern Electric Power Company’s application for new rates.  Comments will be received in the meeting, scheduled for Thursday, March 31st.  The meeting will be held in Ashdown, at the UA Cossatot campus, located at 1411 North Constitution Avenue.

Last July, SWEPCO submitted a request to the APSC to update the company’s non-fuel base rates. SWEPCO seeks to recover environmental and resiliency costs associated with providing customers cleaner and more reliable energy. The request includes recent investments in transmission and distribution facilities, and reflects costs to operate and maintain equipment that delivers power to customers. It would establish new tariffs for electric vehicles, lighting and other measures.