Video: Columbus Electric Rates to Go Up

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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Residential electricity users will pay more for their power starting this Fall.

The Columbus Light and Water Board has raised the base electric rate of $1.77 to $11.98.

The change takes effect October 1st.

Utility leaders say it will generate about $200,000 a year from the utility’s 9,500 residential customers.

The change is part of a rate restructure that makes the district less dependent on large industrial utilities.

Several including Omnova, Sanderson Plumbing and KIOR have closed, hurting revenues. The rate increase will help keep a surplus of more than $7 million to safeguard against natural disasters.

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