Tariff Form No. 8-A
(Tariff Rule 8.1.a. et seq.)
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES UPON
APPLICATION WITHOUT PROPOSED EFFECTIVE
DATES
NOTICE is hereby given that Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC d/b/a Mountaineer Transfer Station, a public utility, has on May 17, 2023, filed with the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, an application containing increased rates, and charges for furnishing waste disposal services to customers at the Mountaineer Transfer Station in Westover, West Virginia.
The proposed increased rates and charges will produce approximately $1,892,594.71 annually in additional revenue, an increase of 31.38%. The purpose of Mountaineer Transfer Station’s rate case filing is to increase rates and charges for increased operation and maintenance costs relating to Mountaineer Transfer Station’s compliant and continued operations. The proposed increased rates and charges will not become effective until approved by the Commission. Mountaineer Transfer Station’s current and proposed rates, on a per ton basis, are as follows:
Present Proposed $$$ Percent
Rates Rates Increase Increase
C & D 25.75 44.75 19.00 73.79%
Landfill and Assessment 36.50 36.50 .00
Total Gate Rate-C &D 62.25 81.25 19.00 30.52%
MSW 25.75 44.75 19.00 73.79%
Landfill and Assessment 36.50 36.50 .00
Total Gate Rate – MSW 62.25 81.25 19.00 30.52%
Recycling 35.00 54.00 19.00 54.29%
Recycling processing charge 16.35 16.35 .00
Total Gate Rate-Recycling 51.35 70.35 19.00 37.00%
Minimum Charge 2.90 10.90 8.00 275.86%
Landfill and Assessment 4.10 4.10 .00
Total Gate Rate-Minimum Chg 7.00 15.00 8.00 114.29%
Bag Rate 0.62 2.12 1.50 241.94%
Landfill and Assessment 0.88 0.88 .00
Total Gate Rate-Bag Rate 1.50 3.00 1.50 100.00%
Both the present and proposed rates referenced above, excluding recycling, minimum charge and bag rate, are exclusive of any legislatively mandated or authorized per-ton assessment fees and any other per-ton assessment fees due to any governmental entity.
Mountaineer Transfer Station has no resale customers.
The increases shown are based on the 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. Any increase in rates and charges will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Commission. (If a hearing is scheduled, notice will be given of the time and place of hearing.)
Anyone desiring to protest or intervene should file a written protest or notice of intervention within thirty days, unless otherwise modified by Commission order. Failure to timely protest or intervene can affect your rights to protest any rate increases or to participate in future proceedings. All protests or requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the protest or intervention. Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission’s rule on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. All interventions may be mailed and be addressed to Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P. 0. Box 812, 201 Brooks St., Charleston, West Virginia 25323, or hand delivered. Protests may be filed online through the Commission website using the “Submit a Comment” link or may be mailed or hand-delivered to the Executive Secretary at the address above.
A complete copy of this tariff, as well as a representative of Mountaineer Transfer Station to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at the office of Mountaineer Transfer Station located at: 201 12th St., Fairmont, WV 26554.
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, Charleston, West Virginia.
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