How utility rate increases will impact Salem households in 2023

Heating your house, running the dishwasher and disposing of trash will become more expensive for most Salem residents Jan. 1 as a number of utility rate increases take effect.

A typical Salem household in Marion County would pay about $8 more each month for electricity, $2.75 for garbage and $5 for city water and wastewater, after also seeing an average natural gas bill increase of $7 per month in November.

A Salem household in Polk…