Consumer Advocate Estimates Rate Hike Ranges for Utilities

Sonny Popowsky, consumer advocate, offers Gov. Ed Rendell an informed estimate of the possible rise in utility rates once caps are removed in Pennyslvania.

PPL, notes Popowsky, estimated in 2008, and average increase of about 24 to 43 percent, but he acknowledges the actual increases may be higher or lower.

Read the rest of his letter to the governor.