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Asked vs approved
Utilities open rate cases with a request; commissions almost always grant less. This page measures the gap across every decided case we track where both numbers are on the public record. Cite it freely with a link; every row links its docket and sources.
Sample: the rate cases this site tracks (45 states, updated August 29, 2026), not a census of every US docket. Cases that settle without a published residential percent are not in the table, which likely makes commissions look slightly tougher than they are.
Right now, 49 cases are pending; among the 37 with a published or computable dollar figure, the average ask is about $17 a month on a typical bill, topping out at $45 a month. If the historical pattern holds, most of those asks will land lower. The pending list.
The table: every decided case with both numbers
How to read this honestly
The requested figure is a negotiating position, so "commissions cut most requests" does not mean households were saved that money; some of the gap was never going to be granted. It also is not padding all the way down: several cases in the table were granted in full or nearly so. The useful lesson for a household reading a "utility seeks 20 percent increase" headline is that the number that matters arrives months later, and it is usually smaller. Sign up on any utility page and we email you when it does.
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