Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Johnson City Power Board’s board of directors voted Tuesday to be the “guinea pigs” in a pilot rollout of the utility’s peak-time use billing policy coming this fall.
Jeff Dykes, who took over as the Power Board’s president and CEO on Jan. 1, said time-of-use billing has already been adopted by the Tennessee Valley Authority and TVA’s distributors have to adapt.
The program, which charges a higher rate for electricity used during peak periods of demand, will require a huge public relations effort to educate Power Board customers on how the program will impact their bills, Dykes said.
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