Adams Electric Cooperative members will see different percentage increases based on their rates. General Manager Jim Thompson highlighted changes in three rates affecting most cooperative members:

* The standard base rate, which covers over 90 percent of the membership, will see its facility charge increase $13 a month, to $35 from $22, while the energy charge remains the same. The facility charge covers the cost of making service available -- poles, wires, transformers, fuses, tree trimming and spraying.

* The electric heat rate, which covers over 2,000 members, will rise from 4.6 to 6 cents per kilowatt hour, or an average increase of $14 a month, but Thompson said it still continues to be the best alternative for heating homes compared with natural gas or propane.

* The controlled air-conditioning rate, covering about 900 members, will shift to a credit instead of a discounted rate in 2009 for any new members signing up for the program. Members currently on the rate will be allowed to stay on the rate, if they want, but it will increase from 6.5 to 7.5 cents a kilowatt hour.