Forget Con Ed's 13% hike, now it's 22% thanks to soaring oil

Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:23:57 -0700 (PDT)
Forget Con Ed's 13% hike, now it's 22% thanks to soaring oil

Get ready for a summer jolt from Con Ed. Residential customers will pay
22% more for electricity this year than last summer - one of the biggest
year-to-year increases on record, the utility giant predicts.