Another Xcel rate hike?

I have unfortunately lived in Colorado for over 60 years. Every time Public Service aka Xcel asks for a rate increase, P.U.C. always bends over to them. With sky high inflation, we do not need another price increase. What does the P.U.C. and Xcel think, we the public, have ? Unlimited resources? Maybe the vast majority, who moved here from California have unlimited funds, but retirees dont.

All billing from Xcel needs 3rd party auditing

Usage down from last year yet our bills are higher. There is something fundamentally broken with variable billing. Something is gravely wrong with Xcel in general with their billing and leadership pay incentivized to max shareholder returns vs returning value to ratepayers who need to be the real shareholders. A grave conflict of interest is at play and there needs to be independent 3rd parties to evaluate billing methods, compensation packages, conflicts of interest and report their findings.

average billing becomes the same problem no matter what you try

So Xcel just gets to charge double whenever it wants and there is nothing you can do about it. Who in power in this state will do anything to help consumers about it? it’s been a record warm winter. There’s literally no reason that I should have a doubled energy bill, even when we had a purposeful blackout to avoid wind damage. This is an outrage and nobody in power is going to help the people of Colorado