PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 22-0866-PWD-30B
LEADSVILLE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
Rule 30B application to pass through increased costs of purchased
water from the City of Elkins to the District’s customers.
NOTICE OF FILING
NOTICE is hereby given that Leadsville 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 the City of Elkins (City) that became effective September 16, 2022. That increase raised the rate paid by the District from $4.937 per thousand gallons of usage to $6.45 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 October 31, 2022 and no sooner than the effective date of Elkins’ Step 1 rates, subject to refund. By Order issued October 31, 2022, the Commission approved the Staff Recommended Rates on an interim basis that increased rates by $1.513 per thousand gallons metered water usage. The Commission also approved the Staff proposed leak adjustment rate of $7.81 per thousand gallons of metered water usage.
The average monthly bill under Staff Recommended Rates – Step 1 will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after October 31, 2022:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $6.05 14.34%
Commercial $30.62 14.33%
The average monthly bill under Staff Recommended Rates – Step 2 will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after June 1, 2023:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $6.29 14.91 %
Commercial $31.87 14.91 %
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.
LEADSVILLE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
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