The Empire District Electric Co., based in Joplin, has filed a request with the Kansas Corporation Commission for a nearly 25 percent rate increase for its Kansas customers. If approved, a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity would experience a monthly increase of around $25.08.
The new rates, if approved, likley would not take effect until summer 2010.
The utility is seeking to increase its annual revenues by $5.2 million to pay for investments made to its system.
