Public meeting is Monday on TEP's requested rate increase

The Arizona Corporation Commission will hold a public-comment meeting Monday in Tucson on a pending settlement of Tucson Electric Power Co.’s pending rate case.

The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at 400 W. Congress Street, Room 222.

Formal hearings on the TEP rate case will begin Wednesday in Tucson. An administrative law judge will hear evidence and submit a recommendation to the full Corporation Commission, which will make the final rate decision.

TEP, whose rates have been capped since December 2008, had requested an increase of 15 percent, or about $11 per month on the average monthly residential bill.