Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald for Sept. 25, 2025.

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Analysis finds that all of the rise in inflation in the late 2025 was due to increased profits, rather a tight labour market or rising wages.

©iStock/ImagePixel The U.S. Commercial Service is updating its User Fee Schedule to better align fees with the cost and level of effort req...

The move comes after years of demands from President Donald Trump for lower interest rates.

Regulators approved an electric rate increase for Otter Tail Power while starting a review of Black Hills Energy’s request.

Pepco Rate Increase Significantly Reduced in Maryland Decision Maryland regulators have approved approximately $50.9 million of Pepco’s requested annual revenue increase for its Maryland distribution business, representing less than half of the utility's initial ask. The decision by the Maryland Public Service Commission on August 28 balances electric system investment with affordability concerns. The approved

City officials say the increases are needed to keep existing infrastructure projects from falling behind.

At a July 28 public comment hearing in PUC proceeding 25AL-0538G, PUC staff summarized Xcel Energy's original filing (filed 12/29/2025) and a July 13 settlement that would raise gas base-rate revenue by $122,000,000 and, if approved, lower the average residential increase to about 8.6%; a decision is expected in early October.

Eversource Addresses Energy Supply Rate Adjustment Concerns Concord, NH – Eversource has responded to recent discussions surrounding energy supply rates and alternative options for New Hampshire residents, clarifying the company’s role and addressing what it calls inaccuracies in public statements. The upcoming energy service rate adjustment on August 1 will account for nearly half of

Austin Energy staff briefed the commission on a proposed 2027 budget that assumes a 5% base-rate increase and a roughly $110 million revenue increase; the commission voted to recommend an evening public hearing on the increase and a 2027 rate case (using FY26 as the cost-of-service year).

The board voted to pass through the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District’s 2026 treatment rate increase to customers, noting the change equates to roughly $10 per residential customer per year (about $0.84 per month) and asking staff to obtain MMSD’s rationale for the increase.

Manitoba Hydro rates rise 10.7% over three years, impacting low-income families amid financial pressures from drought.

Connecticut Water asked the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for a 21.4% rate increase (about $28.8 million) driven primarily by roughly $145 million of plant investment. Commissioners and intervenors discussed a late-July/September schedule for testimony and hearings, public educational outreach, and filing formats.

Global average air cargo spot rates reached USD 2.66 per kg in July, +20% higher year-on-year.

[Medicaid] Effective September 1, 2023, the Alabama Medicaid Agency will increase the reimbursement rates for Eye Care Services listed below.

The Public Utilities Commission set a June 4 prehearing conference to resolve competing filings in Public Service’s electric rate case (25-0494E), after staff outlined a proposed settlement and the Office of Utility Consumer Advocate asked that the agreement be treated as a stipulation.

The PUC set procedural deadlines and asked Public Service Company of Colorado to update historical test-year data after staff and consumer advocates protested a $356 million phase 1 electric rate request; commissioners suspended tariff sheets and instructed the company to provide additional actuals by Jan. 15 and a fuller update by March 31.

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