WV AMERICAN WATER WANTS 25% INCREASE

(07/31/2007)

West Virginia's Public Service Commission has set aside a week in December to consider a major 25% rate increase request from West Virginia American Water Company. WV-American Water is owned by a foreign conglomerate. A final decision on the rate hike request will likely come down next March. The company provides water to more West Virginia residents than any other company with 600,000 customers in a 19 county region. The company filed a $24 million increase request in early June to pay for additional investments in the system. The increase would raise the average customer's bill by $8.51 a month, but commercial users would be paying much higher charges on the average.

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