Electric rate hearings next week

MATAMORAS — The state Public Utilities Commission has scheduled March 29 public hearings at 1:30 and 7 p.m., at the Best Western at Hunts Landing to hear input on possible Pike County Light and Power Co. rate hikes between January 2008 and December 2010. The hearings do not involve the ongoing complaints already filed about the rate increases of 2006. For more information contact the office of the Consumer Advocate at 800-684-6560 or e-mail consumer@paoca.org.