PEC announces surcharge to pay for winter storm work

  • Pedernales Electric Cooperative CEO Julie Parsley, right, summarizes a temporary winter storm surcharge PEC is expected to approve next month while speaking to the Burnet County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, July 27. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
    Pedernales Electric Cooperative CEO Julie Parsley, right, summarizes a temporary winter storm surcharge PEC is expected to approve next month while speaking to the Burnet County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, July 27. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
Pedernales Electric Cooperative directors will consider implementing a temporary “winter storm surcharge” to all members’ bills at their August board meeting, CEO Julie Parsley told the Burnet County Commissioners Court Tuesday, July 27. The surcharge is being levied to help PEC pay off $200 million in debt incurred due to February’s Winter Storm Uri, which knocked out power to more than 109,000…

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