PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 24-0474-PWD-308
COOL RIDGE-FLAT TOP PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
Rule 30B application to pass through an increase in purchased water costs from Beckley Water Company to the District’s customers.
NOTICE OF FILING
NOTICE is hereby given that Cool Ridge-Flat Top Public Service District (District), a public utility, filed a request to increase its water rates and charges with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia because of an increase in the cost of purchased water charged by Beckley Water Company (Beckley Water). Beckley Water’s rates were approved in Case No. 23-0732-W-42T to be effective on and after June 24, 2024. That increase will raise the rate paid by the District from $5.49 per thousand gallons of usage to $6.29 per thousand
gallons.
Beckley Water’s Step 2 rates approved in Case No. 23-0732-W-42T will be effective for service rendered on and after proof of completion of the Glen White-Trap Hill capacity development project. That increase will raise the rate paid by the District from $5.71 per thousand gallons of usage to $6.49 per thousand gallons.
Commission Staff reviewed the District’s application and recommended that the Commission approve Staff Recommended Rates effective on an interim basis for all service rendered on and after July 16, 2024, subject to refund. By Order issued July 16, 2024, the Commission approved the Staff Recommended Rates on an interim basis, that increased rates by $0.80 per thousand gallons metered water usage under Step 1 and $0.78 under Step 2. The Commission also approved the Staff proposed leak adjustment rate of $6.63 per thousand gallons of metered water usage under Step 1 and $6.82 per thousand gallons of metered water usage under Step 2.
The average monthly bill under Step 1 Rates will be changed as follows over current rates
effective on and after July 16, 2024:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $2.32 5.60%
Commercial $6.80 6.17%
Public authority $0.72 2.45%
Sale for resale $1,551.20 10.75%
The average monthly bill under Step 2 Rates will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after implementation of Beckley Water Company’s Step 2 Rates approved in Case No. 23-0732-W-42T:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $2.26 5.36%
Commercial $6.63 5.91%
Public authority $0.70 2.34%
Sale for resale $1,512.42 10.30%
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 otherwise 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.
COOL RIDGE-FLAT TOP PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT