PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON CASE NO. 26-0516-PWD-30B SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT Rule 30B application to pass through the increased purchased water costs from Taylor County Public Service District to the District’s customers. NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE RATES NOTICE is hereby given that Southwestern Water District (District), a public utility, has filed with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, an application to increase its rates and charges for furnishing water to its customers. Commission Staff has reviewed the District application and recommended that the it be permitted to raise its rates and charges to recover increased costs of purchased water it pays to Taylor County Public Service District. The Commission has approved Staff’s recommended rates, on an interim basis subject to refund for services rendered on and after June 16, 2026, that increase rates by $0.26 per thousand gallons. The Commission also approved, on an interim basis, Staff’s proposed incremental leak adjustment rate of $2.90 per thousand gallons of metered water usage subject to the leak adjustment rate. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows: $ Increase % Increase Residential $ 0.96 2.08% Commercial $99.94 3.77% Public authority $21.29 3.50% The District has no resale customers The Rule 30B procedure is designed to provide for a change in rates and charges to produce additional revenue sufficient, but no more than sufficient, to offset the increased cost of 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 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. SOUTHWESTERN WATER DISTRICT
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