MDU has been granted an interim electric rate increase -- prior to its pending rate case before the North Dakota Public Service Commission.
Under state law, a utility has the right to interim rates.
MDU has filed for an overall 9.4% increase, which would raise an average customer’s power bill by $9.58 a month, based on 980 kilowatt-hours per month. The utility also asked for a 6.5 percent interim increase. But Commissioner Brian Kalk saids it was refigured to grant a 5.8% interim increase.
"It's approximately $6 per month for the average customer," Kalk said.
the PSC will hold public hearings on the main rate case Jan. 23 and Jan. 27. They will be held at the PSC hearing room, Dickinson State University's Klinefelter Room in the Klinefelter Beck Auditorium, and and the NDSY Research Center in Williston. The hearings will be held via interactive television.
A formal hearing is scheduled April 10th at 8:30 am. It will be in the PSC hearing room at the state Capitol.