BETHLEHEM, Pa. — PPL Electric Utilities customers across the Lehigh Valley will see their bills rise twice in about a month: once on June 1 and again on July 1.
The two increases come from different sources. An electric bill has two main components: the cost of the electricity itself, and the cost of delivering it to a home over poles and wires. The June 1 change affects the first. The July 1 change affects the second.
For a typical Lehigh Valley household using about 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month, the combined impact means an electric bill rising from about $176 to $184. That’s a jump of roughly $8, with most of that coming from the July hike…