TO:  Wheatland REA Members
FROM:  Chuck Witte, General Manager
DATE:  October 25, 2011
REASON:  2012 Rate Increase

During the September 7-8, 2011 Tri-State Board of Director’s meeting, the Board reviewed and approved the 2012 Annual Tri-State Budget and associated Rate Schedules to be effective January 1, 2012.  Tri-State’s last rate change was in 2009.  The changes to the Tri-State rates are an increase in demand from $21.50 to $22.38 or 4.1% and an increase in Energy from 27.35 mills to 28.95 mills or 5.8% increase.  The overall increase to Wheatland REA is 4.8%.
   
The increase in the cost of wholesale power to the association amounts to $323,598 based on a test year that runs from October, 2010 through September, 2011.  Your Wheatland REA Board does not like rate increases any more than you do, but had no choice but to pass this increase through to our member/consumers as shown below.  The new rates will go into effect on all electric usage starting January 1, 2012.

A residential consumer using 750 kWh will see an increase of $3.00 or 2.7%.  Each consumer needs to run the numbers on their individual usage to calculate their increase.

Click here for New Rate Table

Questions, comments or complaints can be addressed to: Wheatland REA, Attention Chuck Witte, P.O. Box 1209, Wheatland, WY  82201, phone number 307-322-2125 or the Wyoming Public Service Commission, Hansen Bldg, Ste. 300, 2515 Warren Ave., Cheyenne, WY  82002, phone number 307-777-7427

 

 

 

Wheatland REA's after-hours outage call numbers are: From the Wheatland, Chugwater or Glendo phone exchanges 322-2125 from outside the local calling area call the REA office toll-free number 1-800-344-3351 These numbers automatically transfer to our answering service after normal business hours.