ツケを回す

予想通り、「ツケ」が国民に回されることになりそうです。まずは大口需要者である企業から電気料金の値上げははじまります。さて、この「ツケを回す」はどのように表現したらよいのでしょうか？Othelloくん、どうですか？（GP）
TEPCO announces 17% rise in electricity charges for companies

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it will seek an average 17 percent rise in electricity charges for corporate users to finance growing fuel costs stemming from boosting thermal power generation in the wake of the disastrous accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The electricity rate hikes, which take effect April 1, will affect some 240,000 contracts for 50 kilowatts or more, and boost revenue at the company known as TEPCO by 400 billion yen annually.

With all of TEPCO's nuclear reactors expected to be shut down by March for regular checkups or other reasons, TEPCO President Toshio Nishizawa said, "If the current situation continues, we think our business condition would deteriorate further, and at no distant date, fuel procurement and stable supply of electricity may be affected."

"We will continue to do our best to streamline (our operations), but we have to ask for (electricity rate) hikes," Nishizawa said.

Based on the announcement, electricity charges will be lifted by 2.61 yen per kilowatt hour for customers with contracts for less than 2,000 kilowatts, and by 2.58 yen per kwh for customers with contracts for 2,000 kwh or more.

According to the utility, fuel costs for the financial year ending March 31 are expected to increase by about 830 billion yen from the previous year.

TEPCO said in December that it also hopes to raise household electricity bills, but doing so requires government approval, and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano, whose permission is required, has warned the utility should not easily resort to the measure.

Sources close to the matter have said that TEPCO is considering raising household electricity rates by 10 percent for a certain period from the fall.

The plan is expected to be included in a special business plan for TEPCO, which is to be crafted in March by TEPCO and a state-backed entity providing financial assistance to the utility.

(Mainichi Japan) January 17, 2012