Press Release

PUC Announces Public Input Hearings in Aqua Pennsylvania Rate Increase Request

Published on 2/25/2008

Filed under: Water and Wastewater

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has scheduled four hearings to receive public comment on the proposed rate increase by Aqua Pennsylvania Inc.

Administrative Law Judges Charles E. Rainey, Jr. and Guy M. Koster will conduct the hearings at:

             7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, 2008

            Kingston Township Municipal Building

            180 East Center Street

            Shavertown, PA 18078

            7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2008

            Knights of Columbus Council 1333

           110 West Market Street

            West Chester, PA 19382

           2 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2008

           Lansdowne Borough Hall

          12 East Baltimore Pike

           Lansdowne, PA 19050

           7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2008

           Rydal West Elementary School

           1231 Meetinghouse Road

            Rydal, PA 19046-2520

On November 21, 2007, Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. filed a request for a rate increase of $41.7 million (13.6 percent).

Under the company’s proposal the annual bill for an average residential customer using 55,200 gallons of water would increase about:

• $69 from $494 to $563 (13.9 percent) in the Main, Hawley, Laurel Lakes, Shenango, White Rock, Susquehanna and Pine Beach divisions;
• $93 from $301 to $394 (30.8 percent) in the Applewood Division;
• $99 from $290 to $389 (34 percent) in the Bensalem Division;
• $95 from $423 to $518 (22.5 percent) in the Bristol Division;
• $35 from $312 to $347 in the first year and another $58 to $405 in the second year (a total of 29.6 percent) in the Chalfont Division;
• $52 from $511 to $563 (10.1 percent) in the Chinchilla, Oak Hill and Moscow Division;
• $111 from $429 to $540 (26.1 percent) in the Hop Bottom, Sunset Hills, Warden Place, Floral Estates and Oneida divisions;
• $93 from $301 to $394 (30.8 percent) in the Marienville Division;
• $108 from $432 to $540 (25.2 percent) in the Midway Manor Collective;
• $67 from $488 to $555 (13.8 percent) in the Paupack Division;
• $90 from $450 to $540 (20.1 percent) in the Pennsview Division;
• $116 from $345 to $461 (33.6 percent) in the Stanton and Wapwallopen Division;
• $108 from $265 to $373 (40.4 percent) in the Masthope Division;
• $78 from $390 to $468 (20 percent) in the Pinecrest Division; and
• $42 from $429 to $471 (9.8 percent) in the Rivercrest Division.

Under the company’s proposal, the annual bill for an average residential consumer using 58,200 gallons of water would increase:

• $123, from $453 to $576 (27.2 percent) in the Eagle Rock Division;
• $66, from $510 to $576 (12.9 percent) in the Fawn Lake Woodledge Village, Western, Thornhurst and Tanglewood divisions;
• $5, from $467 to $472 in the first year and another $28 to $500 in the second year (a total of 7.1 percent) in the White Haven Division; and
• $123, from $453 to $576 (27.2 percent) in the Eagle Rock Division.

Under the company’s proposal, the annual bill for an average residential consumer using 51,600 gallons of water would increase:

• $115 from $330 to $445 (34.9 percent) in the Garbush Division;
• $18 from $209 to $227 (8.4 percent) in the Country Club Gardens Division;
• $47 from $474 to $521 (9.9 percent) in the Hedgerow Division; and
• $120 from $241 to $361 (49.9 percent) in the Oakland Beach Division.

The average annual bill for customers in the Roaring Creek Division using 55,200 gallons of water would decrease about $2, from $532 to $530 (.3 percent).

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Contact:

• Denise McCracken
  Senior Communications Specialist
  717-787-5722
  demccracken@pa.gov