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Public Notice

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST
VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 22-1039-PWD-30B
SHORT LINE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
Rule 30B application to pass through increased
costs of purchased water from the Clarksburg Water
Board to the District’s customers.
NOTICE OF FILING
NOTICE is hereby given that Short Line 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 Clarksburg Water Board that became effective January 13, 2023. That increase raised the rate paid by the
District from $3.13 per thousand gallons of usage to $3.57 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 January 26, 2023,
subject to refund. By Order issued January 26, 2023, the Commission approved the Staff Recommended Rates on an interim basis that increased rates by $0.44 per thousand gallons metered water usage. The
Commission also approved the Staff proposed leak
adjustment rate of $6.02 per thousand gallons of metered water usage.

The average monthly bill under Staff Recommended Rates – Step 1 (Schedule I) with the exception of the Jones Run area will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after January 26, 2023:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $2.70 6.81%
Commercial $1.39 3.85%

The average monthly bill under Staff Recommended Rates – Step 1 (Schedule II) for the Jones Run area will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after January 26, 2023:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $2.70 6.18%
Commercial $1.39 3.49%

The average monthly bill under Staff Recommended Rates – Step 2 (Schedule 1) with the exception of the Jones Run area will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after October 15, 2023:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $3.62 9.13%
Commercial $1.87 5.18%

The average monthly bill under Staff Recommended Rates – Step 2 (Schedule II) for the Jones Run area will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after October 15, 2023:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $3.62 8.28%
Commercial $1.87 4.69%

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.
SHORT LINE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
WC 02/01
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