Letter: Public input needed

To the editor:

Black Hills Energy is requesting a necessary rate increase for its customers. What’s necessary is for the public to get involved and take a firm stand on opposing their request to raise rates by an average of 6.17 percent of $4.17 per month.

Share your comments regarding this case with the Kansas Corporation Commission, 1500 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, KS, 66604 or email to public.affairs@kcc.ks.gov. Contact David Springe of the Citizens Utility Ratepayers Board. He and his staff have been working diligently to uphold and defend our public interest.

It takes a collective voice to impact our decision makers. The public must speak. The public matters.