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WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) released the following statement following the announcement by Blackstone Infrastructure to invest $25 billion in Northeastern Pennsylvania to build new natural gas power plants.
U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) is fighting to protect the more than 764,000 constituents in the northeastern Pennsylvania district he represents from a 10.8 percent rate increase proposed by UGI Utilities, a natural gas and electric utility.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr., on Thursday sent a letter to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission PUC urging the agency to reject a 10.8% rate hike on utilities recently proposed by UGI Utilities UGI.

FORTY FORT, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) sent a letter to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) urging them to reject a 10.8% rate hike on utilities recently proposed by UGI Utilities (UGI).

Opposition is growing to UGI’s proposed rate increases for residential customers and commercial and industrial natural gas customers ranging from 7.5% to 11%.
U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., issued a statement Tuesday opposing the UGI rate request, saying: “As Northeastern Pennsylvanians continue to struggle with high living costs, it is infuriating to see a public utility company request to raise rates by over 10%.