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6abc.com > post > peco-offering-help-customers-struggling-high-utility-bills > 18672167

PECO offering help for people struggling with high utility bills from this winter

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (83+ words) PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- PECO is offering financial relief for customers who are having trouble keeping up with high utility bills from this brutal winter. Customers now have access to the expanded PECO Customer Relief Fund, with an additional $2.5 million added to…...

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6abc.com > post > white-house-governors-power-shortages-price-spikes-ai > 18417286

White House, governors seek to fix AI-driven power shortages, price spikes

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (904+ words) WASHINGTON (WPVI) -- The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors on Friday tried to step up pressure on the operator of the nation's largest electric grid to take urgent steps to boost power supplies and keep electricity bills from…...

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6abc.com > post > how-get-energy-assistance-help-philadelphia-region-amid-rising-costs > 18410078

How to get energy assistance help in the Philadelphia region amid rising costs

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (285+ words) As temperatures plunge, electric bills are doing the opposite. Many consumers are experiencing sticker shock when they open their energy bills this month due to a long cold snap last month and rising prices. The good news is help is…...

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6abc.com > post > new-analysis-shows-more-us-consumers-are-falling-behind-utility-bills > 18169097

New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility bills

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (749+ words) WASHINGTON -- More people are falling behind on paying their bills to keep on the lights and heat their homes, according to a new analysis of consumer data - a warning sign for the U.S. economy and another political headache for President Donald…...

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6abc.com > post > 94-rate-increase-begins-philadelphia-water-department-customers > 17711551

9.4% rate increase begins Philadelphia Water Department customers

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (72+ words) PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The cost of water will be going up across the city, beginning on Monday. The typical bill from the Philadelphia water Department will increase by 9.%. That means the average water bill will now be $89.42 -- an increase of about…...

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6abc.com > post > philadelphia-water-department-raising-rates-beginning-september-1-support-aging-infrastructure > 17674467

Philadelphia Water Department raising rates to support aging infrastructure

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (70+ words) PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Water Department is turning up the pressure. The utility company is raising rates starting next week. Beginning September 1, Philadelphia water rates will increase by nearly 10%, or $8. That would bring the average bill to about $91. Then bills…...