PSE new rate hike proposal draws ire at public hearing

By: Aspen Ford

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 625

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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The room was packed with a line out the door during the public comment hearing for a Puget Sound Energy rate proposal Tuesday evening at the Utilities and Transportation Commission’s headquarters in Lacey.

“We’ve replaced just about everything to something more efficient for which I’ve gotten no incentives and no rebates for,” Becky Foster, a PSE ratepayer in Thurston County, said during the four-hour hearing that drew about 100 commenters. “The last …

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