ENERGY COSTS: Mid-American Bill Increase

Mid-American Energy customers can expect a slight increase on their electric bills starting in January.

The Iowa Utility Board approved a rate increase Tuesday, the second in nine months for Mid-American customers.

This past March, rates were raised four-percent, costing the average customer a little more than two-dollars more per month.

In January, rates will increase another 2.7-percent.  That increase will raise the average electric bill around $1.30 per month.

It could be much more for those of you with electric furnaces when the temperatures dip this winter.