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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 22-0605-W-DSIC
WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY,
2023 Distribution System Improvement Charge.
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On June 30, 2022, West Virginia-American Water Company (WVAWC) filed an application for approval of a Distribution System Improvement Plan and Charge (Application) pursuant to the direction of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) in its February 24, 2016 Order that resolved WVAWC’s 2015 rate application, Case Nos. 15-0675-S-42T and 15-0676-W-42T.
WVAWC proposes to invest approximately $48.7 million for infrastructure replacement and system upgrades beginning January 2023 through December 2023 throughout WVAWC’s service area and to implement a Distribution System Improvement Charge (DSIC) to recover the replacement of transmission and distribution mains, valves, hydrants, tanks, meters, booster stations and service lines. The projects proposed for 2023 are identified in the Application, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia, and may be viewed on the Commission’s website, www.psc.state.wv.us
As with the DSIC currently in place, WVAWC proposes to recover costs associated with these investments through a separate rate component on customer bills, calculated as a percentage of the total monthly bill for service (comprised of both the minimum meter charge and the volumetric rate component).
WVAWC projects that if the program and rate increment are approved as requested, the 2023 DSIC rate component will be 6.57%, or 4.95% over and above current rates to recover $11,145,204. Compared to the 2022 DSIC rate, the average monthly bill for WVAWC’s various classes of customers will change as follows:
Increment $ Increase % Increase Average Usage
Residential $ 2.95 4.95% 2,943 gallons per month
Commercial $ 12.91 4.95% 15,389 gallons per month
Industrial $ 345.85 4.95% 618,187 gallons per month
Sale for Resale $ 977.44 4.95% 2,163,350 gallons per month
The increases shown above are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Each class may receive an increase greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. The requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to changes (increases or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of the filing.
The Commission set a procedural schedule, including a hearing date, on the Application. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. on November 9, 2022, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. The Commission may cancel the hearing for good cause shown. Interested persons intending to attend the hearing should monitor the Commission web docket.
Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or request to intervene that briefly states the, reason for the protest or request to intervene. Requests to intervene must comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and must be filed within thirty (20) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission order. The Commission will receive public comments throughout the entirety of the proceeding. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/onlinecomments/default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.
WEST VIRGINIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY