A new study released by the West Virginia Public Service
Commission says utility rates rose more than 3 percent last year.
The study released Friday through the
commission's consumer advocate division looked at rates charged to West Virginia
The average utility costs for all West Virginians rose from $280.62 a month in 2013 to
$290.22 a month in 2014.
Utility bills paid by residential
customers in 17 West Virginia cities ranged
from a low of $254 a month in Morgantown to $325
a month in Bluefield
Still the study found West
Virginia consumers generally paid lower rates than those in the
surrounding states of Virginia , Kentucky , Ohio , Pennsylvania and Maryland
