NEWS
Bowie raising electric rates .0111 cents to recover costs
By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Councilors reluctantly approved an increase of .0111 cents in the city’s electric rates in an effort to recover the ongoing increases in wholesale power costs.
The increase will go into effect in the July 15 billing cycle and residential customers can expect an increase of just under $9 a month. The average residential use is 800 kilowatt hours a month and this new rate would add $8.88 to the monthly bill.
The power cost recovery factory has been in debate by the council since earlier in February when City Manager Bert Cunningham recommended the increase, but then council said no.
Bowie’s power rates are set up in two categories: Base rates and power cost recovery. Base rates, customer charges and energy charges are intended to recover costs to the utility related to operating an maintaining the system (profit).
The PCRF is the variable portion of wholesale power costs and changes as needed based on factors in the wholesale market, including, but not limited to increases or decreases in the cost of natural gas, the fuel that generates most of the electricity in Texas. The PCRF is intended to recover wholesale costs of resale power.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Bowie emergency personnel responded to this car vs. train accident at the Cowan railroad crossing at 8:47 a.m. Monday. The police report Joanne Little was driving this Toyota south on Cowan when she disregarded the railroad crossing signal. Little said she thought she could coast and keep moving and not hit the train, and when she realized she was going to hit the train she could not find the brake. Uninjured, she added later she was looking at her phone and did not see the train states the report. (News photo by Barbara Green)
The Bowie News staff wishes you a safe and happy July 4th holiday.
The News office will be closed Thursday as will most city and county government offices.
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Concerned about identity theft, scams on your phone and on your texts, password security, computer scam and financial theft?
The workshop on “How to Protect Yourself from Financial Fraud” hosted by the Forestburg Community Service Club will help answer these questions. The workshop will be at 7 p.m. on July 11 at the Forestburg Community Center.
Margaret Hunt from Legend Bank will present the workshop which will cover such topics as: How to validate/identify incoming text messages; how to keep your password secure; determining if an e-mail is real and securing credit card number.
There is no charge for the workshop. Make plans to attend this informative workshop.
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