Rocky rollout doesn't stop time-based rates - News-Press Now
Rocky rollout doesn't stop time-based rates | Consumer | newspressnow.com
For most of the year, Evergy’s switch to time-based electric rates progressed with an air of inevitability. Then things got complicated just three weeks before the utility company was about to begin making the conversion.
For customers, some of whom express strong reservations about a mandatory system of higher rates in peak summer periods, the 11th-hour maneuverings add a new level of confusion to what already represents a big change to electric bills.
Correction
An earlier version of this story mischaracterized Evergy's existing rate structure, because of a reporter's error. It should have said that the current rates are a two-part tariff with both fixed and variable elements. The News-Press apologizes for the error.
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