UI Residential Default Service Rate To Increase Nearly 25%

United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning January 1, 2019

The January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019 UI residential (Rate R) Standard Service rate will be 11.2263¢/kWh, 24% higher than the current UI Rate R rate of 9.0496¢/kWh

UI's Bypassable FMCC rate was set to zero on July 1, 2018. That rate is being maintained at zero since the company is no longer managing congestion costs for Standard Service, therefore, there are no costs assigned to the Bypassable FMCC component.

The UI Rate GS Standard Service rate will increase 20% to 10.7754¢/kWh from the current 9.0065¢/kWh

New Standard Service rates for January 2019 through June 2019 are as follows, in cents per kWh (for Rates LPT & GST, rates only applicable for customers under 500 kW). Standard Service rates include the bypassable FMCC of 0.0000¢/kWh

UI Jan-Jun 2019 Standard Service Rates (¢/kWh)
** Rates include Bypassable FMCC **

Rate R:      11.2263

Rate RT
  On-Peak:   13.7718
  Off-Peak:  10.2718

Rate GS:     10.7754

Rate GST
  On-Peak:   12.8050
  Off-Peak:   9.8050

Rate LPT
  On-Peak:   12.9081
  Off-Peak    9.9081

Rate M:      11.3612

Rate U:      11.3612

The Last Resort Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) rates for the three-month period beginning January 1, 2019 are as follows, in cents per kWh:

Rates GST & LPT* (Above 500 kW) GSCs

Jan 
  On-Peak:   14.6276
  Off-Peak:  14.9316
Feb 
  On-Peak:   14.5866
  Off-Peak:  15.2376
Mar 
  On-Peak:   10.3456
  Off-Peak:  11.3856

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