United Illuminating Residential Default Service Rate to Exceed 13¢; Last Resort Rate Hits 25¢

United Illuminating has filed new default service rates for the six-month period beginning January 1, 2015, and the new residential Standard Service rate exceeds 15¢/kWh

The January 1, 2015 UI residential (Rate R) Generation Services Charge (GSC) will be 13.3524¢/kWh. The current UI Rate R GSC is 8.7073¢/kWh.

Both GSC rates (and all rates below) do NOT reflect the bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge, which for 2015 is listed at (0.0416)¢/kWh in UI's filing.

New Standard Service Generation Services Charges (GSC) for January 2015 through June 2015 are as follows, in cents per kWh (for Rates LPT & GST, rates only applicable for customers under 500 kW).

UI Jan-Jun 2015 Standard Service GSC Rates (¢/kWh)

Rate R:     13.3524

Rate RT
  On-Peak:  15.8894
  Off-Peak: 12.3894

Rate GS:    12.8034

Rate GST
  On-Peak:  14.4991
  Off-Peak: 11.4991

Rate LPT
  On-Peak:  14.5612
  Off-Peak  11.5612

Rate M:     13.2687

Rate U:     13.2687

The Last Resort Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) rates for the three-month period beginning January 1, 2015 are as follows, in cents per kWh:

Rates GST & LPT*, Above 500 kW
Jan (all hours):     25.3320
Feb (all hours):     24.0050
March (all hours):   14.7230

*Rate LPT Shoulder & Off-peak price is the same