Point Roberts residents will see increases in their Puget Sound Energy (PSE) utility bills starting this month and continuing through next year.
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved on January 15 to increase electric rates by 11.5 percent this month and then 6.4 percent next January. The first increase will up electric bills by $13.08, to $122.16, for an average resident using 8000 kWh of energy per month. An average residential bill will then increase by $7.67, to $129.83, in January 2026.
The commission is a state agency that regulaties electric and other utilities in Washington, such as PSE, which supplies electric service to over 1.2 million customers and natural gas service to over 900,000 customers.
The increase supports the state’s transition to clean energy. The commission authorized PSE to recover a return on certain purchase power agreements, which is the first time the commission has allowed this under the Clean Energy Transformation Act.
The commission denied several of PSE’s requests, including a pilot program for electrification and recovering costs through separate trackers.
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