PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 23-0473-PWD-30B
MINERAL WELLS PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
Rule 30B application to pass through the increased cost of
purchased water from Claywood Park Public Service District.
NOTICE OF FILING
NOTICE is hereby given that Mineral Wells 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 Claywood Park Public Service District that became effective May 22, 2023. That increase raised the rate paid by the District from $4.833 per thousand gallons of usage to $5.045 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 July 28, 2023, subject to refund. By Order issued July 28, 2023, the Commission approved the Staff Recommended Rates on an interim basis that increased rates by $0.21 per thousand gallons metered water usage. The Commission also approved the Staff proposed leak adjustment rate of $4.79 per thousand gallons of metered water usage.
The average monthly bill under Staff Recommended Rates will be changed as follows over current rates effective on and after July 28, 2023:
$ Increase % Increase
Residential $0.65 1.75%
Commercial $3.34 2.00%
Industrial $5.78 2.27%
Public authority $0.40 1.11%
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.
MINERAL WELLS PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
Aug 4