Fayette

NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that The CITY OF SMITHERS, acting on behalf of the Smithers Sanitary Board, a public utility, has adopted by ordinance on January 27, 2020, a tariff containing increased rates, tolls and charges and a new temporary surcharge for furnishing sewer service to 371 customers at Smithers in Fayette County, WV.

The proposed increased rates and charges and the new temporary surcharge will become effective March 16, 2020, unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately $50,316 at Step 1 annually in additional revenue, an increase of 16.8%, and an additional $10,000 at Step 2 to go into effect upon substantial completion of the Sanitary Board’s Combined Sewer Overflow separation project (“Project”), an increase of 3.3%. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows as of March 16, 2020:

($) INCREASE (%)INCREASE

Residential (based upon
3,000 gallons per month) $ 8.25 22.4%

Commercial (based upon
11,000 gallons per month) $30.25 22.4%

Industrial (based upon
6,000 gallons per month) $16.50 22.4%

Public Authorities (based
upon 24,000 gpm) $66.00 22.4%

The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows as compared to the Step 1 rates upon substantial completion of the Project:

($) INCREASE (%) INCREASE

Residential (based upon
3,000 gallons per month) $ 1.95 4.3%

Commercial (based upon
11,000 gallons per month) $7.15 4.3%

Industrial (based upon
6,000 gallons per month) $3.90 4.3%

Public Authorities (based
upon 24,000 gpm) $15.60 4.3%

The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increases or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of this filing. The Commission shall review and approve or modify the increased rates only upon the filing of a petition within thirty (30) days of the adoption of the ordinance changing said rates or charges, by:

(1) Any customer aggrieved by the changed rates or charges who presents to the Commission a petition signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the customers served by such municipally operated public utility;

All petitions should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, 201 Brooks Street, P. O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative of the utility to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at any of the following offices of the utility.

Smithers City Hall
175 Michigan Avenue
Smithers, West Virginia 25186

A copy of the proposed rates is available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, P. O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.