Tariff Form No. 12
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES BY MUNICIPALITIES
NOTICE is hereby given that Chester Municipal Water & Sewer public utility, has adopted an ordinance on December 7th, 2020 a tariff containing increased rates, tolls and charges for furnishing water service to 1435 customers and for drilling purposes at Chester in the County of Hancock.
The proposed increased rates and charges will become effective February 1st, 20921 unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately $8.62 per 1000 gallon completely dependent on the sale to drillers. The average monthly bill for the vaious classes of customers will be changed as follows:
($) INCREASE INCREASE(%)
Residential $8.77 51.3%
Commercial $8.77 51.3%
Industrial $8.77 51.3%
Resale $8.77 51.3%
Other $8.77 51.3%
The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Individual customres 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 (increase or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of this filing. The Commission shall review and approve or modify the increase rates only upon the filing of a petition (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; or
(2) Any customer who is served by a municipally operated 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.
(3) Any customer or group of customers 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, propsective customers, or their agents at any of the following offices of the utility.
Chester Municipal
Water and Sewer Department
600 Indiana Avenue
Chester, WV 26034
A copy of the proposed rates is available for pulic inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Pulic Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
WDT adv. Dec. 11, 18, 2020