If approved, Pepco estimates that residential customers would see an increase of $4.36 a month.

Pepco wants to charge you more so that it can become more reliable.

Pepco customers in D.C. will start paying $2.60 more a month as part of an approved rate increase for the much-hated utility.

This has been in the works for some time, but now it’s official: the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan today to raise rates on the Dulles Toll Road, WTOP’s Adam Tuss reports. Starting Jan. 1, the toll at the main gate will increase from 75 cents to $1, while tolls at the off ramps will go up from 50 to 75 cents. Tolls will increase an additional 25 cents…

Several neighborhood blogs are posting information about the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority’s upcoming public meetings to discuss a proposed 8.5 percent rate increase to city water and sewer rates. WASA is one of the city’s most troubled agencies, having come under fire many times in recent years, notably for water pressure and communication problems that may have hampered firefighters during an apartment fire in Adams Morgan, elevated lead and toxic chlorine levels in the…