{"id":80850,"date":"2014-12-01T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=56696"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:48:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:48:22","slug":"utility-rates-to-go-up-again","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/utility-rates-to-go-up-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Utility Rates To Go Up Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu Electric Power Company and Saibu Gas have both announced utility rate hikes to offset the rising cost of coal and liquid natural gas. Both companies employ a fuel cost adjustment system that automatically revises rates; the adjusted rates will take effect in January. The average household (defined as one that uses 300kW of power and 23 m3 of gas \u00a0per month) can expect a \u00a515 uptick in its electricity bill and a \u00a524 increase in gas costs. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 11\/28<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-56697\" alt=\"n0KPLacUCmo75F-6f_Oq2mczXZscjEPROQeqzrZkg_I\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/n0KPLacUCmo75F-6f_Oq2mczXZscjEPROQeqzrZkg_I.png?w=640\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/n0KPLacUCmo75F-6f_Oq2mczXZscjEPROQeqzrZkg_I.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/n0KPLacUCmo75F-6f_Oq2mczXZscjEPROQeqzrZkg_I.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu Electric Power Company and Saibu Gas have both announced utility rate hikes to offset the rising cost of coal and liquid natural gas. Both companies employ a fuel cost adjustment system that automatically revises rates; the adjusted rates will take effect in January. The average household (defined as one that uses 300kW of power and 23 m3 of gas  per month) can expect a \u00a515 uptick in its electricity bill and a \u00a524 increase in gas costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80850","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/80850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}