At a budget work session on Tuesday, May 23, Brigham City officials clarified that while the additional rate charged under the city’s power purchase adjustment clause (PPAC) is temporary and subject to change, the PPAC itself—the policy that allows for rate adjustments—is not. Currently, Brigham City is charging an additional 5.3 cents per kilowatt-hour under the PPAC resolution. That charge was approved on Feb. 16, and appears on residents’ utility bills under the PPAC line item. Even if the PPAC rate drops to zero, or below zero, the line item on the bill itself was added last July by resolution,...

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