The Jewett City Department of Public Utilities, Electric Power Division (JCDPU-Electric) is publicly owned by the Jewett City Borough Government. JCDPU-electric serves about 2200 customers that live in or near Jewett City. It purchases power from CL&P and others at wholesale rates, then distributes the electricity to approximately 2200 homes and businesses.
Customers are paying 13.13 cents per kilowatt hour to heat their homes. A comparison of electric rates for Jewett City shows that an average home using 700 kilowatts of power is paying $12.90 more per month than their neighbor living just down the road in Griswold. Connecticut Light and Power which provides electricity to the town portion of Griswold charges 11.33 cents/kwHr.
Jewett City Party Founder, Ron Ward, stated, "Yet again, the JCDPU which is owned by the residents of Jewett City is hitting the wallets of taxpayers when it hurts the most, the middle of winter when electric heat is need to keep warm."
The Norwich Bulletin (Sunday, January 7, 2007) reported that Ken Sullivan, JCDPU Director, stated, "It's municipalities' every intent to entitle consumers to have the cheapest electricity that is able to be found. And, more than that, it is the municipalities' every intent to enable price stability." Sullivan said during these times of high energy costs and supply shortages, it's important for all customers to exercise conservation.
Jewett City Party (JCP) Founder, Ron Ward stated, "Paying rates 15% higher than CL&P definitely means that Jewett City residents have the "know how" and do indeed make every effort to reduce the cost of electric heat." Ron Ward went on to suggest, "Jewett City residents own the electric company, we demand that our public servants look a bit harder to find a better bargain on electricity. How about checking out Norwich Public Utilities, customers there pay 12% less than than CL&P."
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Wouldn't it be nice if the Director of the Utilities told us his plan to try and reduce our costs, and help us conserve some of the money we are funneling into his account
What exactly is the point of having an electric company in the borough if we are going to end up paying more than the folks who live just outside the borough?
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