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Breckenridge residents will be noticing an increase in their utility bill this November.

The utilities commission announced recently they have been forced to raise the price due to cost increases from suppliers.

"The providers are raising their rates so we have to raise ours," said Cliff Barth, Breckenridge mayor.

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The reason for the increase was a "combination of several things," said Jeff Muehler, Breckenridge public services director.

The residential rates will be raised from .057 cents per kilowatt hour to .063 per kilowatt hour, Muehler said. The rates for commercial and industrial will remain the same.

"That's sixth tenths of one cent," he said.

Rates for off-peak will change from .038 cents per kilowatt hour to .041 cents per kilowatt hour. The winter-time rates for off-peak will change from .034 cents per kilowatt hour to .037 cents per kilowatt hour.

Muehler said the reason the rates have gone slightly up is because there has been an increase in the cost to purchase the power.

"Generation depends on water going through the dam," Muehler said. "The ongoing drought out west has had a real affect on that."

Breckenridge's primary source of power is Western Area Powers Administration (WAPA), Muehler said. The droughts have forced WAPA to purchase electricity on the open market in order to fulfill their contract with Breckenridge and other customers.

Muehler said the increases are generally the result of acts of nature and simply cannot be avoided.

The rate increase will be shown on the Nov. 1, 2007, utility bill.

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Marie wrote on Aug 6, 2008 12:27 PM:

" Mr Smith owes the Geffres an apology? How about the Geffres apologize to the community of Hankinson. In two short years that family has torn apart a school, a community, family and friends. They have showed no respect for Hankinson. Hankinson is not their community! It's time for the Geffres to move on. "




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MARY wrote on Aug 5, 2008 11:53 AM:

" AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE, I THINK OUR SUPERINTENDENT JESS SMITH OWES THE GEFFRE FAMILY A PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR SOME OF HIS COMMENTS TO THE PRESS. AFTER ALL, HE VICTIMIZED THEM PUBLICLY. IT ISN'T LIKE HE'S TOO BUSY PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN! "




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Ben wrote on Jul 30, 2008 12:21 AM:

" I think he resigned because he knew that people would find out the truth if that meeting took place.....how come after all the media he hyped up to make the Geffres llok bad, did he change his mind and resign?....in my opinion he did it to save his own skin "




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Vern wrote on Jul 28, 2008 9:37 PM:

" I agree with the previous poster that this was not about the girls getting playing time. He should probably not be allowed to teach at any age level ever again. "




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Kaye wrote on Jul 27, 2008 8:33 PM:

" There is more to this than just the Geffre's complaints and Jess Smith knows it, why doesn't he just come clean about everything and all complaints there has been on Gravalin in the past three years,he has been covering up and sweeping under the rug so to speak. This isn't just about parents that didn't think their girls got to play enough. Shouldn't the first duty of his position be to protect our children. "




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