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The Snohomish County PUD Board of Commissioners approved a general rate increase for all residential and commercial electric customers on Tuesday, Jan. 18.

For residential customers, the addition of a small base charge will serve as the rate increase that was included in the general budget approved by the board in December. The rate increase is the first for the PUD since 2017.

“This rate increase is required to address increasing costs and significant investments in infrastructure and service modernization,” said PUD GM/CEO John Haarlow. “This will allow us to fund critical capital...