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Inside Tidewater Power’s plan to raise rates three times by 2029

A filing obtained by the Ledger shows the utility wants staged increases to pay for grid hardening along the coast.

Tidewater Power, the utility that serves most of the Harborview region, is preparing to ask regulators for three rate increases over the next four years, according to a draft filing reviewed by the Ledger.

The company says the money would pay for burying lines in the flood zone and replacing substations damaged in last winter’s storms.

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