Outcry against Duke Energy rate increase reaches Sumter

All-opposition testimony featured in last public hearing before commission decides on proposal

BY KAYLA ROBINS
kayla@theitem.com
Posted 4/5/19

A proposed rate increase for Duke Energy customers was not popular Tuesday night at a public hearing in Sumter.

Nearly 20 people spoke out at USC Sumter's Nettles Auditorium against what was proposed initially as a tripling of the mandatory …

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