News Briefs 7/22/22
Two Rehoboth Beach meetings canceled
A Rehoboth Beach Board of Adjustment meeting and a Rehoboth Parks and Shade Tree Commission meeting, both scheduled for Monday, July 25, have been canceled.
According to the city, both meetings were canceled because the deadline for publication of public hearings was missed.
Special Rehoboth meeting set July 26
Rehoboth Beach commissioners will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m., Tuesday, July 26, in the commissioners room of city hall, 229 Rehoboth Ave., to continue reviewing the city’s tree code.
A full agenda, meeting materials and a livestream are accessible at cityofrehoboth.civicweb.net. Only in-person attendees may make comments. For more information, contact the city at 302-227-6181 or information@cityofrehoboth.com.
Dewey commissioners OK election officials
Dewey Beach commissioners voted unanimously July 15 to appoint Robert Day, Rick Baierlein, Paige Martin, Phil Winkler, Susan Trencher and Stephen Eckermann as election officials for the 2022 municipal election.
More info on DEC rate increase
Delaware Electric Cooperative’s board of directors is considering an 18% increase to rates to take effect in September. The proposed change to the power cost adjustment would take the rate from $0.023 per kilowatt-hour to $0.046814 per kilowatt-hour. The PCA only accounts for a portion of a member’s bill. There are other components that help pay for maintenance of DEC’s system and other costs associated with providing power to homes and businesses.
The PCA only represents the cost of purchasing or producing power that is passed on to members. The last increase occurred in February 2022, when rates increased 8%. A public hearing will be held at 5 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, in the Dover Building at Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington.
Members will also be able to watch the meeting virtually. According to information on the co-op website, record inflation continues to result in steep increases in the cost to produce power. The cost shocks have been made worse by the war in Ukraine, as the U.S. is shipping record amounts of liquefied natural gas to Europe to wean the continent off Russian energy sources.
