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Great Lakes Energy removes the Beaver Island monthly surcharge

Also Great Lakes Energy Beaver Island surcharge waiver 2013

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TypeEvent
Date2013-03-22
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2013-03-22
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
energygovernmenteconomycommunicationpublic-service
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that the Great Lakes Energy Board decided to remove the $10.25 monthly Beaver Island surcharge as part of a uniform rate structure. The article says the new $32.31 base charge would begin September 1, 2013.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the newspaper’s account of the board decision and projected rates. It does not independently verify later billing or rate implementation.

Sources

  1. A 17-post discussion gives resident calculations of the proposed base-rate increase, the existing $10.25 surcharge, and the March 22 Board meeting, while including disputed participant recollections about the surcharge history. The thread documents public concern and advocacy; the Beacon remains the controlling local source for the Board's decision and final reported amounts.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006066
  2. A community call-to-action urged residents to comment before the March 22 Great Lakes Energy meeting and focused on the proposed base-rate increase and surcharge. It documents public advocacy, while the newspaper report remains the stronger source for the Board's decision and amount.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006068
  3. A resident argued that the Beaver Beacon’s description of a $14 monthly increase was misleading because the $10.25 surcharge would disappear, and calculated an approximately $3.68 monthly increase under the stated figures. This is resident analysis and advocacy, not a utility bill or board document; the newspaper remains stronger for the adopted rate structure.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006116
  4. Beaver Beacon, April 2013, "GLE Waives Island Surcharge."
    Reports the March 22 Great Lakes Energy Board decision to remove the $10.25 monthly Beaver Island surcharge while raising the uniform base charge beginning September 1, 2013. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon
  5. The held April issue scan confirms the surcharge decision report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Great Lakes Energy removes the Beaver Island monthly surcharge”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-great-lakes-energy-surcharge-waived-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Great Lakes Energy base rate increase?”, March 18–25, 2013. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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