LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME


[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]

Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

Get weekly updates
RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Stripe

Donate via Paypal

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

Alliant Energy’s senior vice president addresses concerns about increased rate proposal 

Credit:  By Kayla James | CBS2 | Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 | cbs2iowa.com ~~

Alliant Energy’s senior vice president is addressing concerns raised by customers about a notice sent out about a proposed rate hike.

The company’s senior vice president Terry Kouba tells CBS2/Fox28 News the chart on the notice that shows the impact of the 25% base rate does not show the offset from other savings.

“For the residential customers, the typical monthly bill will go up approximately $8 this year and $12 next year. That includes everything, including all the savings we’re working on to benefit customers,” said Kouba.

The proposal is part of a $1.8 billion project to bring more wind energy sources to Iowa. The project will see the addition of five different wind farms in Iowa for clean energy. Kouba says two of those wind farms will go into service in a week, while the other three will go into service next year.

“We’re installing 1,000 megawatts of wind farms, for Iowans, for our Iowa customers. While it’s a significant investment up front, we’re taking all kinds of savings from production tax credit and flowing that back to customers,” said Kouba.

The Iowa Utilities Board has to approve of the proposal before the base rate increase can take affect. The Iowa Utilities Board will host a series of public comment meetings across Iowa within the next few months. April will see the start of the interim rate, which is when residential customers should see the $8 increase in their bills. Kouba says the transition to wind energy is expected to save customers millions of dollars within the next few years.

“When you talk to customers, reliability is one of the most important things they’re concerned about. A large part of this increase is also associated with that work we do day in and day out, to not only have a good, safe, and reliable distribution system, but also to add automation so we can better understand the system,” said Kouba.

Some Alliant Energy customers tells CBS2/Fox28 News they still don’t like the idea of being charged more now to save later. They plan on holding a protest in Cedar Rapids this Saturday to raise their concerns.

Source:  By Kayla James | CBS2 | Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 | cbs2iowa.com

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Contributions
   Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)
Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI M TG TS G Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook Wind Watch on Linked In

Wind Watch on Mastodon Wind Watch on Truth Social

Wind Watch on Gab Wind Watch on Bluesky