Older Wyomingites mobilize over new utility rate increase

Wyoming’s largest advocacy group for people age 50 and older is mobilizing its 80,000 members to let the state’s Public Service Commission know what they think about Rocky Mountain Power’s proposal to raise utility rates.

Sam Shumway, state director with AARP Wyoming, said with the cost of everything from gas, groceries and hair cuts going up, a 21% increase could be devastating for households whose budgets are already stretched thin.