The increase would equal more than $50 per year for the typical residential customer.
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JCP&L is requesting a 4.5% rate hike to cover Superstorm Sandy repairs.
New Jersey's second-largest utility has asked regulators for permission to raise rates to pay for recovery costs after Superstorm Sandy and a slew of other storms that have hit the state in recent years.
JCP&L wants to raise rates by 4.5 percent or more than $50 per year for the typical residential customer.
The request filed Friday with the Board of Public Utilities includes a 1.5 percent increase requested in November.
The company, which serves customers on the shore, says it spent $630 million to pay for damage caused by Sandy last year.
The request calls for recovering most of that from ratepayers.