I just did a post about this the other day. It seems only some areas of the state got that increase others increase isn't as great. Mine is the same as yours and I'm not happy. Our town let the agreement expire and it will be likely a year and half before they get another. Awesome timing on dropping that ball, we were not informed.

With everything gone paperless billing I haven't kept as close a watch. The bill has never changed so drastically and I've been paying it for many decades. Now we have to watch it like the stock market and gamble on our choices like we're playing the lottery.

Definitely keep an eye out for early termination fees and monthly additional fees. It sucks this will likely be part of our life now, following the prices, bouncing around chasing them, a bunch of companies now have all of your private information, the inevitable issues which come along with doing all that. This is all less and less fun every day.

Edit to add another thing to watch out for is the auto renewal which renews to a variable rather than fixed rate. That should be illegal.