Rate meeting today in Iowa City

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) will hold a comment  meeting today in Iowa City for customers to provide public comments on a proposed electric rate increase to be filed next week by MidAmerican Energy Company (MEC).

At the meeting, customers will be able to provide comments and ask questions directly of representatives for the IUB, MEC, and the Office of Consumer Advocate, which represents consumers' general interests in IUB proceedings.

The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m., at Johnson County Fairgrounds, Montgomery Hall, 4261 Oak Crest Hill Road SE, Iowa City.

Another meeting is set for next week in Council Bluffs:

March 13, 2012, 5:30 p.m., Council Bluffs Public Library, Rooms A & B, 400 Willow Avenue, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

All comments provided at these public meetings will become part of the permanent record in this rate case. Once MidAmerican files its proposed rate increase, the IUB will also accept written public comments.

Details will be available on the IUB website at:  iub.iowa.gov.

The IUB's decision on permanent rates in this case is anticipated by late December 2012. MEC serves about 637,700 electric customers in Iowa.