SWEPCO Plans Rate Hike Hearings
Posted/updated on: January 10, 2013 at 5:52 pmLONGVIEW — Public hearings on a rate hike request by AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company, or SWEPCO, are scheduled to begin in February. KETK and the Longview News-Journal report cities across SWEPCO’s service area, including Longview, plan to continue fighting to have the 34% base rate increase denied. When combined with fuel charges and other factors, the average residential bill is expected to jump by about 16%.