(Tariff Rule 23.1 et.seq.)
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES
BY NON-LRR MUNI UTILITY
NOTICE is hereby given that City of Gary, public utility, has readopted by Resolution on June 16, 2026, a tariff containing increased rates, tolls and charges for furnishing sewer service to under 400 customers at Gary in the County of McDowell.
City of Gary
Sewer Rate Schedule
Rates:
Section 1: Title.This ordinance shall be referred to as,
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
ADOPTION OF SEWER RATES FOR THE
CITY OF GARY MUNICIPAL SEWER
SYSTEM AND SAID CHANGES TO BE
EFFECTIVE FOR ALL BILLS DATED
JUNE 1, 2026, AND THEREAFTER UNTILSUBSEQUENT REVISION."
Section 2:Purpose.This ordinance is to revise the sewer ratesof the City of Gary.
Section 3:Applicability.The ordinance applies to all property withinthe city limits of the City, with availability for general, domestic, commercial, and
industrial services.
Section 4:Rates.(Based on Water Usage) Seven dollarsand twenty-seven cents ($7.27) per each1,000 gallons of water used each month.
Section 5: MinimumTwenty-four dollars and eighty-one cents
Charge.($24.81). The minimum charge includes
a three-dollar ($3.00) service charge. No sewer bill will be rendered for less than
$24.81. This minimum charge includes
a three-dollar ($3.00) service charge.
Section 6:IndustrialIndustrial customers will be billed at a flat
Customers.rate of $182.00 per Month. This includes
a three-dollar ($3.00) service charge.
Section 7:DelayedThe above tariff is net. On all accounts not
Paymentpaid in full when due, ten percent (10%)
Penalty.will be added to the net current amount
unpaid. This penalty is not interest and is
only to be collected once for each bill
where it is appropriate.
Section 8:Deposit.$50.00 water deposit only required.
Section 9:Separability.If any provision or part thereof is declared
invalid, the remainder shall not be affected
thereby.
Section 10:EffectiveThis ordinance shall become effective
Date.forty-five (45) days after its adoption and
publication as required by law.
There are no resale customers of the City of Gary.
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 first publication of this notice of 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 natural gas 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 of a municipally operated natural gas utility 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 any of the following offices of the utility:
City of Gary
P. O. Box 310
Gary, WV 24836
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. O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.