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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.

54
rate cases pending before state commissions
+$45
a month, the biggest ask on the list (Black Hills Energy (Black Hills Power))
48
states with cases on record, 184 matters tracked. What changed

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

Black Hills Energy is already collecting this proposed increase on an interim basis while South Dakota regulators keep reviewing it; customers could get a refund if it is later reduced.

+$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 Hearing Nov 4

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

+$28a month

All 54 pending cases, ranked

Coming up

Dates on the record. Comment deadlines are the ones you can act on.

Recent decisions

What the commission actually approved.

Approved Statewide From Jan 2027

This is new state law aimed at keeping data center power costs off your bill; the CPUC still has to write the actual tariff rules, due by January 1, 2028, so there is no bill impact yet.

no figure yet
Approved Base rate case, gas From Oct 2026

Your DTE natural gas bill is going up about 2.87 dollars a month starting October 1, 2026, with another 68 cents added in January 2027.

+$3a month
2026 rate case decision Green Mountain Power, VT
Approved Base rate case Decided Sep 8, 2026

Regulators approved a smaller increase than requested and scaled back the grid upgrade spending it was meant to pay for.

+$7a month, est.
2026 natural gas rate case Xcel Energy Colorado, CO
Approved Base rate case, gas From Oct 2026

Your Xcel Colorado natural gas bill is approved to rise about 5.16 dollars a month starting October 6, 2026, less than half of what Xcel originally asked for.

+$5a month
Approved Rider or surcharge, gas From Oct 2026

Your Spire Alabama fixed monthly charge is approved to rise 2.50 dollars in October 2026 and another 2.50 dollars in October 2027; regulators call the overall change revenue neutral.

no figure yet
Approved Rate matter, gas From Oct 2026

Spire Alabama's fixed monthly charge is rising by 2.50 dollars in October 2026 and another 2.50 dollars in October 2027, which the commission says will be offset by lower usage based rates so the change is revenue neutral overall.

no figure yet

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.

How often do commissions grant the full ask? Rarely; we measured it.

New to this? Start with what a rate case is, how to read your bill, and why bills jumped in 2025 and 2026.