B.C. Hydro customers can expect a rate increase this year and next, which will add $3.75 per month to the average household bill. Energy Minister Adrian Dix issued a directive to the B.C. Utilities Commission allowing hydro rates to be raised by 3.75 per cent a year for the next two years. Dix said even with the rate increase, British Columbians have among the lowest electricity rates in North America, paying almost half of what Albertans pay.
