OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 26-0465-PSD-308
OAKVALE ROAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT
Rule 308 application to pass through increased sewer rates
from the City of Princeton to District's customers.
NOTICE OF FILING
NOTICE is hereby given that Oakvale Road Public Service District (District), a public utility, filed a request to increase its sewerage treatment rates and charges with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia because of an increase in the cost of sewerage treatment charged by the City of Princeton. Princeton adopted a 2026 Sewer Rate Ordinance on April 20, 2026, which included a three-step increase. Princeton's adopted rates Step 1, effective for service rendered on and after June 4, 2026, is an increase of $0.61 per 1,000 gallons or 11.07% from current resale rates. Step 2, effective for service rendered on and after June 1, 2027, is an increase of $1.26 per 1,000 gallons or 22.87% from current resale rates. Step 3, effective for service rendered on and after June 1, 2028, is an increase of $1.98 per 1,000 gallons or 35.93% from current resale rates.
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 June 15, 2026, subject to refund. By Order issued June 15, 2026, the Commission approved the Staff Recommended Rates on an interim basis that increased rates effective on June 15, 2026 by $0.59 per thousand gallons of metered water usage. The Commission also approved the Staff proposed leak adjustment rate of $6.24 per thousand gallons of metered water usage.
Under the Staff Recommended Rates, the increase in the average monthly bill over current rates under Step 1 will be:
$ Increase% Increase
Flat Rate$ 2.665.35%
Residential$ 1.715.11%
Commercial$ 20.775.77%
Public authorities$ 40.595.80%
Under the Staff Recommended Rates, the increase in the average monthly bill over current rates under Step 2 will be:
$ Increase% Increase
Flat Rate$ 5.4911.06%
Residential$ 3.5410.57%
Commercial$ 42.9411.93%
Public authorities$ 83.9412.00%
Under the Staff Recommended Rates, the increase in the average monthly bill over current rates under Step 3 will be:
$ Increase% Increase
Flat Rate$ 8.6417.40%
Residential$ 5.5716.63%
Commercial$ 67.5818.77%
Public authorities$ 132.1018.88%
Under the Staff Recommended Rates, the increase in the average monthly bill over current rates under Step 4 will be:
$ Increase% Increase
Flat Rate$ 2.664.92%
Residential$ 1.714.70%
Commercial$ 20.775.30%
Public authorities$ 40.595.33%
Under the Staff Recommended Rates, the increase in the average monthly bill over current rates under Step 5 will be:
$ Increase% Increase
Flat Rate$ 5.4910.16%
Residential$ 3.54 9.72%
Commercial$ 42.9410.96%
Public authorities$ 83.9411.03%
Under the Staff Recommended Rates, the increase in the average monthly bill over current rates under Step 6 will be:
$ Increase% Increase
Flat Rate$ 8.6416.00%
Residential$ 5.5715.29%
Commercial$ 67.5817.25%
Public authorities$132.1017.35%
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 purchased wholesale sewerage treatment. 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.
OAKVALE ROAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT