Press Release

PUC Suspends Rate Request for the City of Lancaster – Water Fund

Published on 1/12/2006

Filed under: Water and Wastewater

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today voted to suspend and review a request by the City of Lancaster – Water Fund to increase water rates by $999,995 (13.7 percent).

Under the City’s proposal the annual bill for an average customer using 60,000 gallons of water would increase by approximately $19 (12.8 percent) from $146 to $165. The increase would affect 27,740 customers living outside the City’s limits.

The proposed increase will be suspended for up to seven months from its Feb. 14 proposed effective date and assigned to a PUC administrative law judge for a recommended decision or settlement. PUC Commissioners have until the end of the seven-month period to make a final decision at a public meeting in Harrisburg.                                        

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ensures safe, reliable and reasonably priced electric, natural gas, water, telephone and transportation service for Pennsylvania consumers, by regulating public utilities and by serving as stewards of competition.

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Docket No. R-00051167

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