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welcome back as many of us know our budgets get tight during the holidays and it's no different for small business owners the higher electric rates we've been paying since July haven't helped either Chief investigator Len bestof talks with one small business owner who's hanging on for now has become a very considerable part of our monthly expenses inside lead Himel Industries things are humming over the hamton business makes a variety of aluminum products in an operation that requires a lot of power we'll use about a million and a half kilowatt hours this year Howard Goldfarb says he has spent the last few years working to improve the plant's Energy Efficiency yet he's paying more than ever for electricity in 2022 we were 20 cents a Kow hour 23 we were 22 cents a Kow hour and with the latest increases that went through just in the last 3 to four months we're now 35 Cent after he got hit with a huge bill in July goldb advised customers of a minimal energy surcharge to make up some of the difference but he says that doesn't make up for his increased electrical costs at the factory much of July's bump was attributed to a jump in public benefit charges that includes the state's agreement with the Millstone Nuclear Plant covid costs and Energy Efficiency programs goldar would like to see some of these eliminated was a little bit manageable and then they started uh adding on things that don't belong in there and it went up gentically and it's worth noting goldb isn't sure how many more rate increases he can take it could get to the point where I just say it's not worth doing anymore you know all we're doing is working the p Electric build gold far's power company United Illuminating or UI says it has no control over the public benefits charge or Supply rates adding with session beginning in just a few weeks we encourage customers impacted by these cost increases to participate in the legislative process and ask lawmakers to work to mitigate the rate shock they are experiencing manufacturers in Connecticut are eligible for some tax exemptions when it comes to energy costs and although Regulators order the utilities to spread the charges out over 10 months they have no authority to remove or alter them that has to come from the legislature and you can bet from all the backlash lawmakers have heard since July it will be among their top priorities when the new session starts in January for NBC Connecticut investigates I'm Len bestof