Alabama Power rates to increase 10.6 percent in January

[Thom Little]

The typical residential customer of Alabama Power Co. will pay an extra $103 for electricity next year, an increase of 10.6 percent, under rate and fee increases approved today by the Alabama Public Service Commission.

Alabama Power said a residential customer now pays $81.08 for 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which the company says is a typical monthly usage. About half its residential customers use more and about half use less.

That monthly bill will climb to $89.68 under the rate and fee increases that will affect consumers starting next month.

The annual cost of power for a typical residential customer will rise from $973 to $1,076.



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