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The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors plans to send a letter asking the city of Danville for an explanation for high heating bills faced by some county residents.

Danville’s acting city manager says the Danville Utility Commission will discuss the matter at its next meeting March 22.

“We’re expecting the letter and we’ll respond very quickly,” said Joe King, Danville’s acting city manager.

The city utility system has about 42,000 customer accounts, with about 40 percent in Pittsylvania County and the rest in Danville, King said.

County residents complained to the Board of Supervisors during its regular meeting Monday night about rising power bills, with some doubling or tripling. The board unanimously voted to ask for an explanation of the expensive bills and to request someone from the commission speak to the board about the matter.

King said rates for electricity — from which almost all the city’s county customers get their heat — have not gone up since July 2008 and that colder temperatures have increased consumption this winter. As the outside air gets colder, it takes more and more energy to keep a home at the same temperature, King said.


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