The state's Public Service Commission approved a Consolidated Edison rate increase of $425 million.
The AgileHeathInsurance.com report found that 7% of plans sold on the exchange have proposed a rate increase of at least 30%, and 14% of the plans have proposed a rate increase of at least 20%.
Assuming an average annual future rate increase of 3.3percentt, productdose concludes: "there are smarter places to put your money".
Wall Street is expecting a rate increase of 0.25 percentage point from the two-day meeting that starts Tuesday.
As for the millionaire's surcharge, it would have amounted to a marginal rate increase of 22percentt.
Cinergy is petitioning for a rate increase of 15percentt in Indiana to cover environmental expenditures and increase capacity.
Viacom executives have asked Time Warner for a rate increase of 23 cents a subscriber for the entire portfolio of channels.
What helped the conservation program, others say, was a rate increase of up to 40percentt on residential users -- giving people a powerful incentive to save energy.
The Public Utility Commission has approved a rate increase of 3 cents a kilowatt hour, on top of a previous temporary 1-cent increase that was made permanent.
A request for an expedited decision, part of an overall rate increase of roughly 9percentt, will be submitted to the Postal Rate Commission this month, officials said.
The California Public Utilities Commission granted them a 90-day rate increase of roughly 10percentt, but it also ordered that both utilities be audited.
