{"id":5719,"date":"2018-09-18T00:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T04:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=5719"},"modified":"2018-09-18T02:04:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T06:04:07","slug":"lavallette-forced-to-add-surcharge-to-electric-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2018\/09\/lavallette-forced-to-add-surcharge-to-electric-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavallette Forced to Add Surcharge to Electric Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An utility pole with electrical equipment. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Lavallette council members begrudgingly approved a surcharge for both residential and business electricity accounts Monday night, following the outcome of litigation surrounding an electrical transmission line in Pennsylvania and North Jersey.<\/p>\n

The municipal electric utility will charge residential customers an extra $5 per month and commercial customers $15 per month until construction costs of a transmission line between Susquehanna, Pa. and Roseland, N.J. is completed by PJM, an electricity transmission organization that covers 13 states.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a flat rate structure for 10 years,\u201d said Councilman James Borowski. \u201cThe price of electricity has been going down but the price of delivery has been going up and we\u2019ve been trying to keep equilibrium.\u201d<\/p>\n

A kink in that methodology developed when other states sued, claiming in a number of rounds of litigation that customers south and east of the transmission line were not paying enough toward its construction since the energy is being transmitted to the area instead of being \u201cexported.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPJM was initially trying to amortize the cost of this project across all the users,\u201d said Mayor Walter LaCicero. \u201cThey litigated for years with several unfavorable decisions, but kept going up the ladder. We structured our rates around the idea that this would be shared all around.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a light at the end of the surcharge tunnel, however.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe upside is that these costs are fixed through 2025 and that line will be paid for and those costs will no longer have to be paid,\u201d said LaCicero. \u201cIt\u2019s our intention to keep an eye on it and see when we can eliminate these additional charges that we\u2019re going to have to put in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rate for electricity is set by ordinance. Monday\u2019s vote was the introduction of the ordinance revision, and a public hearing and second vote will be held at the Oct. 1 council meeting.<\/p>\n

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