Press Release

PUC to Investigate Rate Increase Request by Buck Hill Water Company

Published on 3/14/2019

Filed under: Water and Wastewater

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today voted to investigate a rate increase request submitted by Buck Hill Water Company (Buck Hill), which serves customers in Monroe County.

The Commission voted 5-0 to suspend the proposed rate increase request to a date no later than November 1, 2019 and to assign the case to the PUC’s Office of Administrative Law Judge for corresponding proceedings and the issuance of a recommended decision.

The Buck Hill request, which was submitted on Jan 11, 2019, would increase its total annual operating revenues by approximately $106,458 (34.57 percent).

Under the Buck Hill proposal, the total bill for a typical residential customer using 7,000 gallons per quarter would increase from $207.80 per quarter to $279.64 per quarter, or 34.57 percent.  The typical bill for a commercial customer using 144,000 gallons per quarter would increase from $1,317.50 to $1,772.94 per quarter, or by 34.57 percent.

Buck Hill serves 300 residential water customers in and around the community of Buck Hill Falls, Monroe County, along with 13 commercial customers.

A final decision by the Commission is due by Nov. 1, 2019. More information on the ratemaking process is available on the Commission’s website.

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Docket Nos.:
R-2019-3007103
C-2019-3007947
C-2019-3008081

Contact:

• Nils Hagen-Frederiksen
  Press Secretary
  717-418-2701
  nhagen-fre@pa.gov