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Bo Whiteside
53:43 - 54:02
"Kea raised their electric rates by 12.5%. The City of Kodiak recently is entertaining and I'm not quite clear if they've adopted it yet, but they are looking to increase the water and sewer rate by 5%. We've all been to the gas pumps lately. We've all been to the grocery store. Everything is getting more expensive."
“Kea raised their electric rates by 12.5%. The City of Kodiak recently is entertaining and I'm not quite clear if they've adopted it yet, but they are looking to increase the water and sewer rate by 5%. We've all been to the gas pumps lately. We've all been to the grocery store. Everything is getting more expensive.”
- Speaker
- Bo Whiteside
- Timestamp
- 53:43 – 54:02
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak Island Borough
- Captured at
- June 4, 2026
From the transcript
Kea raised their electric rates by 12.5%. The City of Kodiak recently is entertaining and I'm not quite clear if they've adopted it yet, but they are looking to increase the water and sewer rate by 5%. We've all been to the gas pumps lately. We've all been to the grocery store. Everything is getting more expensive.
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