PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES
NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Clearview, a public utility, has adopted by ordinance on September 21, 2016, a tariff containing increased rates, tolls, and charges for furnishing sewer service to 253 customers in the Village of Clearview, Ohio County, West Virginia.
The proposed increased rates and charges will become effective November 4, 2016, unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission. The first step will produce approximately $11,745 annually in additional revenue over its current rates, an increase of approximately 17.90{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}. Under the Step 1 rates, the average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:
Step 1
All Customers
($) INCREASE
$25.43
({4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}) INCREASE
17.87{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}
The Village of Clearview has no resale customers.
The second step will take effect after certain improvements to the sewer system’s back-up power supply are placed into service and will produce approximately $8,549 in additional revenue over the Step 1 rates, an increase of approximately 11.1{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}, over the Step 1 revenues. Under the Step 2 rates, the average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed relative to the Step 1 rates as follows:
Step 2
All Customers
($) INCREASE
$28.24
({4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}) INCREASE
11.05{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}
The increases shown are based on 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. The Commission shall review and approve or modify the increased rates only upon the filing of a petition within thirty (30) days of the adoption of the ordinance changing said rates or charges, by:
(1) Any customer aggrieved by the changed rates or charges who presents to the Commission a petition signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the customers served by such municipally operated public utility; or
(2) Any customer who is served by a municipally operated public utility and who resides outside the corporate limits and who is affected by the change in said rates or charges and who presents to the Commission a petition alleging discrimination between customers within and without the municipal boundaries. Said petition shall be accompanied by evidence of discrimination; or
(3) Any customer or group of customers who are affected by said change in rates who reside within the municipal boundaries and who present a petition to the Commission alleging discrimination between said customer or group of customers and other customers of the municipal utility. Said petition shall be accompanied by evidence of discrimination.
All petitions should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, 201 Brooks Street, P. O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative of the utility to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at the following office of the utility: Clearview Village Office, 166 Clearview Avenue, Village of Clearview, West Virginia.
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, P. 0. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
Int. Sept. 26. Oct. 3, 2016
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