The filings include a 43% gas cost rate increase from Delmarva, and a 30% gas sales rate increase from Chesapeake Utilities.
Those metrics -gas cost rate and gas sales rate- only make up a portion of the typical customers bill, however. If approved as proposed, the average bill will see an increase of just over $11 per month for Delmarva and around $16.50 per month for Chesapeake.
But since these filings involve gas cost and gas sales rates, Delaware Public Advocate Jameson Tweedie says his office may have limited options to push back against the hikes…