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Type your ZIP code or your utility. We show every rate case on the record for it, what it adds to a typical bill, when the hearing is, and how to have a say.

50
rate cases pending before state commissions
+$45
a month, the biggest ask on the list (Black Hills Energy (Black Hills Power))
45
states with cases on record, 167 matters tracked

Where bills are being decided right now

Each tile is a state. Colour is the biggest pending ask there, in dollars a month on a typical bill. Tap a state.

nothing pending on our list under $10 a month asked $10 to $25 $25 and up

Biggest pending increases

What each utility has asked for, on a typical bill. Commissions usually approve less.

1
2026 rate review and Lange II plant cost recovery Black Hills Energy (Black Hills Power), SD
Pending Base rate case

This pending case could raise a typical Black Hills Energy South Dakota bill by about 45 dollars a month; nothing is decided yet.

+$45a month
2
Eversource Connecticut base distribution rate case Eversource Connecticut (Connecticut Light and Power), CT
Pending Base rate case

This is a request, not a decision; Eversource's actual Connecticut electric bill increase, if any, will not be set until PURA rules in 2027.

+$36a month, est.
3
Pending Base rate case, gas

The baseline usage here is 83 therms a month for a typical NYSEG heating customer, not kWh.

+$34a month
4
Pending Base rate case

NYSEG customers are paying a small temporary increase while regulators decide on a much larger rate request; the final number could still change substantially.

+$33a month
5
RG&E electric base rate case RG&E (Rochester Gas and Electric), NY
Pending Base rate case

RG&E customers are on temporary rates while the commission reviews a much larger permanent increase request.

+$33a month
6
2026 northeastern Wyoming electric rate review Black Hills Energy (Black Hills Power), WY
Pending Base rate case

This pending case would raise Black Hills Energy bills in northeastern Wyoming by about 33 dollars a month; it has not been decided.

+$33a month
7
2026 general rate case, electric Puget Sound Energy, WA
Pending Base rate case

This case would raise your PSE electric bill in stages starting in 2027; nothing has been decided yet.

+$28a month

All 50 pending cases, ranked

Recent decisions

What the commission actually approved.

Approved Base rate case From Aug 2026

Maryland regulators cut Pepco's requested increase by more than half; your bill went up about 3.94 dollars a month starting August 28, 2026, not the 10.24 dollars Pepco had asked for.

+$4a month
Rhode Island Energy gas base rate case Rhode Island Energy (gas), RI
Approved Base rate case, gas Decided Aug 21, 2026

The 343.53 dollar figure Rhode Island Energy cited is an annual amount (roughly 28.63 dollars a month), for 845 therms of yearly usage, not a monthly figure on its own.

+$29a month
Rhode Island Energy electric base rate case Rhode Island Energy (Narragansett Electric), RI
Approved Base rate case Decided Aug 21, 2026

Regulators approved bill credits meant to cancel out this electric rate increase for winter months; the exact final electric rate impact was still being finalized as of late August 2026.

+$8a month
2026 electric rate case Xcel Energy Colorado, CO
Approved Base rate case From Aug 2026

Your Xcel Colorado electric base rate went up about 5 dollars a month starting with your late August 2026 bill.

+$5a month
Approved Rider or surcharge Decided Aug 1, 2026

This is a structural change in who pays for data center grid buildout rather than a simple rate increase. The new GS-5 class and the direct-connect tariff are both designed to keep those costs on the data centers.

+$0.94a month

What you get

A rate case is the public proceeding where a utility asks the state commission for permission to charge more. It is public record, it has a docket number, a hearing, a comment period and a decision, and it is almost never written for the people who pay for it. We read the filings and say what they mean: the ask, what was actually approved (usually much less), the dollars on a typical bill, and the dates that matter.

Dollar figures come from the utility's own published estimate when it exists. When only a percentage is published, we apply it to the average residential bill in your state from the US Energy Information Administration and say so. The methodology page shows the arithmetic.

In 14 states and DC you can choose who supplies your electricity, which is the one part of a bill a household can shop. Where that applies, the page says so.