LANSING, Mich — The Board of Water and Light voted 5-1 to support utility increases.
Previously, dozens of BWL customers expressed their concerns about the proposed increase in utilities.
WATCH: Residents express concern about proposed BWL rate increase.
The proposed utility increases will be over the next two years and it would add about a 6% increase in electric, about a 9% increase to water about a 9.7% increase to steam, and about a 2% increase chilled water. This proposed utility increases come just two years after BWL approved a 2 year increase back in 2022.
Company leaders said the increase has a lot to do with the company keeping up with inflation. The result, if approved, would mean just under $11 per bill, once the increases go into effect on October 1st.
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