LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – Some Pennsylvania power customers will see their electric bill increase in June as PPL Electric Utilities will raise their generation supply price.

The Allentown-based utility is hiking rates by about 15%, from 10.771¢/kWh to 12.490¢/kWh for residential customers effective June 1.

This applies to the generation supply price, or “Price to Compare.” Customers can select a different generation supplier than PPL and potentially find a cheaper price.

“We are seeing demand for electricity that’s rising rapidly,” Kelly Palmer, the regional affairs director for PPL, said. “We are seeing older power plants that are retiring and going offline and there just isn’t enough new generation coming online fast enough to keep up with that demand.”

PPL says they directly pass generation supply costs on to the customer without any markup or profit.

The utility says that if customers are looking for resources to help manage their bills, they are encouraged to look into “budget billing,” which allows customers to spread their electricity costs throughout the year to make monthly bills more predictable.

They also suggest shopping for a competitive energy supplier. You can do so at the Public Utility Commission’s website here.

“We’re always reminding our customers to set a reminder and go back and check on these rates, often because they can and they do change,” Palmer said.