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MGE electric bills to rise 10 percent

If you’re a Madison Gas and Electric Co. customer, you’ll soon pay more to run the dishwasher, keep your home cool in the summer and watch your big-screen television.

The rate boost also covers a chunk of costs related to construction of the West Campus Cogeneration power plant, scheduled to be completed by mid-2005, and transmission line improvements passed along from American Transmission Co.