Milford, De – The costs of the electricity bill are rising across the peninsula, with some Delaware businesses feeling pressured.
Angela Fitzgerald, co-owner of Milford Tavern, told WBOC their power buildings are on the rise.
“Unexpected costs in all areas of the business are always a challenge to deal with,” Fitzgerald said.
According to Fitzgerald, it comes as a challenge, especially during the traditionally late months of January and February.
“We all deal with rising costs in every aspect of our lives,” Fitzgerald said. “The easiest answer is that they want costs to go back.”
“All of our buildings have cost almost twice as much between December and January,” said Brian Spe, the Delaware representative who owns two businesses in the state. It states.
One of those businesses is the agricultural market in Milford. Spe said the force required to run multiple refrigerators is expensive.
“We had to cut our investments wherever we were in our business,” Spé said. “Unfortunately, sometimes it’s in the product, sometimes it’s a few hours.”
The representative told WBOC that he was reaching out to other business owners in his district and looking for relief from the expensive bill. Spe said he wanted the Delaware government to work closer together with the utility companies.
“How can we encourage modernizing the grid and the green energy we can produce here in Delaware and the peninsula,” Spé said. “Instead of saying, “We need to have this green energy by this date,” we force them to force energy costs for our consumers. ”
Representative Spe said a short-term relief bill is currently underway at Delaware’s general meeting, and if passed, he hopes to provide some funding to consumers from electricity bills.
