United Illuminating Default Service Rates To Increase Nearly 20%

United Illuminating's residential and small C&I Standard Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) will increase 15-20% on January 1.

The January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016 UI residential (Rate R) Generation Services Charge (GSC) will be 10.7973¢/kWh. The current UI Rate R GSC is 9.1856¢/kWh.

Both GSC rates (and all rates below) do NOT reflect the bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge which UI is proposing to maintain at (0.0615)¢/kWh.

The Rate GS rate will see a similar increase from about 9¢/kWh to over 10.6¢/kWh

New Standard Service Generation Services Charges (GSC) for January 2016 through June 2016 are as follows, in cents per kWh (for Rates LPT & GST, rates only applicable for customers under 500 kW).

UI Jan-Jun 2016 Standard Service GSC Rates (¢/kWh)

Rate R:     10.7973
Rate RT
  On-Peak:  13.3451
  Off-Peak:  9.8451

Rate GS:    10.6087

Rate GST
  On-Peak:  12.1890
  Off-Peak:  9.1890

Rate LPT
  On-Peak:  12.5263
  Off-Peak    9.5263

Rate M:     10.7222

Rate U:     10.7222

The Last Resort Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) rates for the three-month period beginning January 1, 2016 are as follows, in cents per kWh:

Rates GST & LPT*, Above 500 kW
Jan 
  On-Peak:   9.8463
  Off-Peak:  9.9853
Feb 
  On-Peak:   9.5953
  Off-Peak:  9.7453
Mar 
  On-Peak:   7.1543
  Off-Peak:  7.2483

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