Effective October 1st, the MEC customer charge will increase. For residential consumers, the customer charge will increase from $17.71 to $20.03 equaling a difference of $2.32 extra each month. Please note, this will not affect the per kilo-watt hour rate, only the monthly customer charge for residential consumers. The new rate schedule will be published on October 1st at the top of the home page titled “Rates”.