LANCASTERONLINE
The
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will hold a public hearing in
Columbia on Tuesday, Sept. 3, on the Columbia Water Company's
proposal to raise water rates by 21 percent.
The PUC hearing to receive public comment on the proposed rate increase will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia Fire Department Station 801, 137 S. Front St.
On June 13, the PUC voted to investigate the proposed rate increase. The total annual bill for a typical metered residential customer using 48,000 gallons of water a year would increase a total of $77.64, from $367.92 to $445.56.
Columbia Water Co. provides water service to approximately 8,700 customers within Columbia and Mountville boroughs and West Hempfield, Manor and Donegal townships.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the hearings and provide comments.
Customer testimony will become part of the record on which the PUC will issue its final decision.
The PUC hearing to receive public comment on the proposed rate increase will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia Fire Department Station 801, 137 S. Front St.
On June 13, the PUC voted to investigate the proposed rate increase. The total annual bill for a typical metered residential customer using 48,000 gallons of water a year would increase a total of $77.64, from $367.92 to $445.56.
Columbia Water Co. provides water service to approximately 8,700 customers within Columbia and Mountville boroughs and West Hempfield, Manor and Donegal townships.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the hearings and provide comments.
Customer testimony will become part of the record on which the PUC will issue its final decision.
Thank you for posting a reminder! I really hope to see some attendance from taxpaying homeowners....its at COLUMBIA NO 1 FIRE CO....and the Columbia water co ONLY wants to increase COLUMBIAS rates-NONE of the others-Marietta, Donegal, West Hempfield, etc etc.....and do NOT forget that the Columbia Water Co STOLE THE LAND TO BUILD A NEW PLANT AND THEN THEY WANT TO INCREASE OUR RATES 21.1 % ON TOP OF STEALING THAT LAND.....its a sin. Truly. Greed only breeds more greed. NEXT THE SCHOOL BOARD..thanks again for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
Deletewhen is the actual hearing??? Have you heard anything? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe hearings took place last Thursday and Friday. The PUC will make a recommendation to the commissioners, but lawyers on both sides can review the recommendation and appeal it.
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