Penelec customers you better check your bill and get your wallets ready.

Starting Thursday, Spetember 1st, Penelec is raising their rates. The rate for electricity will increase from 6.02 cents per kilowatt hour to 7.72 cents.

Customers are urged to shop for the supplier that works best for them, on the commission’s website.

This increase will be for the rest of the current period, which ends on November 30th.