By Laurie Roberts, The Republic | azcentral.com
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Pity poor Salt River Project. The honchos who run the place ask for a rate increase and what do they get? Grief.
I mean, come on, people. Everybody knows college tuition is going up, up, up. What’s a poor utility executive to do, other than take another dive into your pocket?
SRP has proposed a 3.9 percent across-the-board rate increase on its customers, plus another $50 a month from its solar customers. This, to generate an extra $110 million utility execs say is needed to pay for power.
And other things, as it turns out.
