Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 7:58:59 GMT -6
The state Public Service Commission late Wednesday night announced it had approved a 15 percent rate hike for West Virginia American Water Company customers across Southern West Virginia.
Shortly before midnight, commissioners issued an order granting the water company an increase of $18.17 million in water rates. An average customer will see an increase of about $6.26 a month, the commission said in a press release.
West Virginia American had asked for a $35.5 million increase in water rates, or about 28 percent.
The company serves about 170,000 water customers in Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mercer, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne and Webster Counties, and 1,050 sewer customers in Fayette County.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160225/psc-gives-water-company-15-percent-rate-hike
Shortly before midnight, commissioners issued an order granting the water company an increase of $18.17 million in water rates. An average customer will see an increase of about $6.26 a month, the commission said in a press release.
West Virginia American had asked for a $35.5 million increase in water rates, or about 28 percent.
The company serves about 170,000 water customers in Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mercer, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne and Webster Counties, and 1,050 sewer customers in Fayette County.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160225/psc-gives-water-company-15-percent-rate-hike