Delmarva Power wants to raise rates on its natural gas customers in Delaware to recover costs from a series of infrastructure improvements made in the past two years.
Delmarva Power’s proposed increase would raise the monthly bill of the average residential heating customer in winter months by about $11. The sought increase would raise Delmarva Power’s total natural gas distribution by about $19.5 million, or 20%.
Delmarva Power last filed a distribution rate increase request for natural gas in February 2020. At that time, Delmarva Power wanted a $14.6 million increase. In January 2021, the Public Service Commission approved a $6.7 million increase.
The cost increases proposed earlier this year will go into effect on Aug. 14 but are subject to a refund based on the Public Service Commission’s later decision. With the increase, Delmarva Power projects the average customer will pay around $103 per month in the winter.
