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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 25-0634-PWD-30B
CLAY COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
Rule 30B application to pass through increased water costs
from the Town of Clay to the District’s water customers.
NOTICE OF FILING
NOTICE is hereby given that on May 13, 2024, the Town of Clay (Town) adopted an ordinance increasing its wholesale resale rate from $4.82 to $5.78 per 1,000 gallons, an increase of $0.96 per 1,000 gallons, or approximately 19.92%.
The Clay County Public Service District filed for increased rates to recover the increased cost of purchased water. Commission Staff reviewed the District’s application and recommended that recovering the Town increase will require an increase in the District’s rates of $1.36 per thousand gallons. By Order issued September 3, 2025, the Commission approved the Staff Recommended Rates on an interim basis, for all bills issued on and after September 3, 2025.
The average monthly bill for District customers will be changed as follows over current rates
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $ 3.67 6.84%
Commercial $ 7.75 7.66%
The 30B procedure is designed to provide for a change in rates and charges in order to produce additional revenue sufficient, but no more than sufficient, to offset the increased cost for water purchased by the utility. Consequently, protest should be limited to the reasonableness of the cost offset and the method by which it is calculated. Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or notice of intervention within twenty (20) days following the date of this publication unless such date is modified by Commission order. Failure to timely intervene can affect your rights to protest any rate increases and to participate in future proceedings. Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission’s rules on intervention. All protests and interventions should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, WV 25323.
CLAY COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT