Electric Cost:Under questioning by Assemblyman Alex Sauickie (R-

Avalon - Electric Cost:Under questioning by Assemblyman Alex Sauickie (R-12), Phillip Vavala, Atlantic City Electric’s regional president, could not explain why ACE’s distribution charge was higher than that of the other three distribution utilities. “I’d have to see the numbers myself to answer that,” Vavala said. Sauickie also asked why ACE’s “societal benefits charge” is so much higher than the other three. Vavala said, “I don’t have an answer for that.”
That charge is a required fee added to a ratepayer’s bill to allow a utility to recover costs related to programs that provide societal benefits