City Council considers approving increases in Seattle City Light costs

SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council is set to vote Monday on whether to approve City Light’s new 2019-2024 strategic plan, which proposes a hike in electricity rates that will add $3.77 per month to residential bills in 2019. This would mean that the average home will pay an average of $68.77 per month on electricity. By the end of the six-year contract, the average household will be paying $84.59 per month.

Tonight on KIRO 7 at 5 p.m., reporter Deborah Horne goes into the details of the plan and what happened earlier today in City Council.

This comes on the tails of Mayor Jenny Durkan asking City Light to cut projected costs by about $360 million over six years.

City Light originally sought a higher rate hike, blaming customers’ efforts to conserve energy – meaning customers would pay less – and the cost of maintaining the utility’s hydroelectric dams, wires, poles and other infrastructure for their loss in revenue.

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