The cost for electricity will be higher in June as the Tennessee Valley Authority moves to seasonal (summer) pricing and their Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) increases. Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative residential members using 1200 kilowatt-hours will pay $11.35 (7.66 percent) more than they did last month for the same amount of energy. The residential per kilowatt-hour price is $0.10056; a complete rate schedule is available at www.mlec.com.

MLEC offers this information to help members use energy more wisely and better control energy use:

1) Turn off unnecessary lights and other equipmen...