Progress seeks decrease for fuel and increase for energy efficiency

Columbia Regional Business Report | Columbia, SC: "If approved, the decrease will result in a monthly fuel-charge savings of $2.73 for a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours.

The company also filed this week for an increase in the portion of customer bills used to pay for energy-efficiency and demand-side management programs.

If both changes are approved as requested, the average decrease would be about 1.7% for residential customers; 2.6% for commercial customers and about 4.3% for industrial customers. The net impact will be a reduction of $1.64 per month on a residential 1,000-kwh bill, or nearly $20 in savings over the next year.

The increase, an additional $1.09 per month for a residential customer using 1,000 kwh, reflects an increased number of efficiency programs and measures made available to S.C. customers in the past year."