TARIFF FORM NO. 12
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES
BY MUNICIPALITIES
NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Benwood, a municipality, on January 28, 2020 , adopted an Ordinance increasing, its rates, fees and charges for furnishing sewer service to approximately 557 customers at Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia.
Step 1 of the proposed increase in rates and charges will become effective 45 days from passage of Ordinance unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately $119,475 annually in additional revenue, an increase of 31.9%. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:
($) INCREASE INCREASE(%)
Residential $9.82 31.9%
(2,804 gal/mo)
Commercial $26.65 31.8%
(7,616 gal/mo)
Industrial $277.15 31.9%
(79,186 gal/mo)
Governmental $89.30 31.9%
(25,514 gal/mo)
Step 2 of the proposed increase in rates and charges will become effective July 1, 2020 unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately $30,688 annually in additional revenue, an increase of 6.2%. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:
($) INCREASE INCREASE(%)
Residentail $2.52 6.2%
(2,804 gal/mo)
Commercial $6.89 6.3%
(7,616 gal/mo)
Industrial $71.27 6.2%
(79,186 gal/mo)
Governmental $22.97 6.2%
(25,514 gal/mo)
Step 3 of the proposed increase in rates and charges will become effective May 1, 2021 unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately $31,439 annually in additional revenue, an increase of 6%. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:
($) INCREASE INCREASE(%)
Residential $2.58 6.0%
(2,804 gal/mo)
Commercial $7.00 6.0%
(7,616 gal/mo)
Industrial $72.85 6.0%
(79,186 gal/mo)
Governmental $23.47 6.0%
(25,514 gal/mo)
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.
All petitions should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, 201 Brooks Street, Post Office 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 Benwood
City Clerk’s Office
430 Main Street
Benwood, West Virginia 26031
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, Post Office 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
N.R. February 14, 21, 2020