United Illuminating Residential, Small Commercial Default Service Rates Increasing 25%

United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning January 1, 2020

The January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 UI residential (Rate R) Standard Service rate will be 10.5607¢/kWh, which is 26% higher than the current UI Rate R rate of about 8.35¢/kWh. All of the Standard Service rates in this story include the Bypassable FMCC which is zero.

The UI Rate GS Standard Service rate will increase 24% to 10.4432 ¢/kWh on January 1, 2020, from the current rate of about 8.41¢/kWh

New Standard Service rates for January 2020 through June 2020 are as follows, in cents per kWh (for Rates LPT & GST, rates only applicable for customers under 500 kW).

UI Jan-Jun 2020 Standard Service Rates (¢/kWh)
** Rates include Bypassable FMCC **

Rate R:      10.5607

Rate RT
  On-Peak:   13.1133
  Off-Peak:   9.6133

Rate GS:     10.4432

Rate GST
  On-Peak:   12.4822
  Off-Peak:   9.4822

Rate LPT
  On-Peak:   12.5945
  Off-Peak    9.5945

Rate M:      10.9333 

Rate U:      10.9333 

The Last Resort Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) rates for the three-month period beginning January 1, 2020 are as follows, in cents per kWh:

Rates GST & LPT* (Above 500 kW) GSCs

Jan 
  On-Peak:   12.6819 [sic]
  Off-Peak:  12.7309 [sic]
Feb 
  On-Peak:   12.3149 [sic]
  Off-Peak:  12.5009 [sic]
Mar 
  On-Peak:    9.4369 [sic]
  Off-Peak:   9.9899 [sic]

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