Most municipalities that distribute electricity are looking for double-digit increases in electricity tariffs from July 1 and in some cases, they aim as high as 15%.

In addition, several municipalities have indicated that they are vastly under-recovering their cost of supply and need significantly higher increases over several years to prevent selling electricity at a loss...

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