State regulators have given Rocky Mountain Power permission to pass savings associated with last winter’s federal tax bill on to customers in the form of credits that will offset the utility company’s current electrical rates.
The credits are expected to cut the average user’s total bill by 3.45 percent, or about $32 per year, according to the Utah Division of Public Utilities.
“It is consistent with good policy that this kind of savings should automatically go back to the customer,” said Michele Beck, director of the Utah Office of Consumer Services, “so everything seems to be working the way it should.