NOTICE is hereby given that Jochum Refuse Service, LLC, a motor carrier and public utility, has, on October 30, 2020 filed with the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA an application containing increased rates and charges for furnishing solid and medical waste collection service to customers in the Counties of Marshall and Ohio, West Virginia.
The proposed increased rates and charges will produce approximately $597,351annually in additional revenue, an increase of 46.8%. The carrier’s present authorized rates and its proposed rates are as follows:
PRESENT RATES
Residential Base Rate
$16.00 per month
PROPOSED RATES
$23.90
PRESENT RATES
Commercial Service
Negotiable
PROPOSED RATES
49.8%
PRESENT RATES
Optional cart rental
$2.00 per month
PROPOSED RATES
$2.99 per month
Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than stated here. The requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to approval, denial, or modification (increases or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of this application. Any increase in rates will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Commission (If a hearing is scheduled, notice will be given of the time and place of hearing.)
Anyone desiring to protest the proposed change in rates or to intervene should file a written protest or notice of intervention prior to December 20, 2020 unless the Commission, by order, specifies a different date. Failure to file a timely protest or notice of intervention may affect your rights to protest any rate increases and to participate in future proceedings in this case. All protests or requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the protest or intervention. Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission’s rule on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. All protests and notices of intervention should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia, 25323.
A complete copy of the carrier’s present authorized rates and of its proposed rates, as well as a representative of the carrier to provide any information requested concerning the proposed changes, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at any of the following offices of the carrier:
Jochum Refuse
Service, LLC
1 Ellen Street
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
A copy of the carrier’s present authorized rates and of its proposed rates is also available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
Int. Nov. 4, 11, 2020