Press Release
PUC Approves Rate Increase for Needmore Water Supply Company
Published on 3/28/2002
Filed under: Water and Wastewater
HARRISBURG The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has approved a request by Needmore Water Supply Company to increase water rates by $2,887 (15 percent).Under the new rates, the average annual residential bill increase will be approximately $35 from $232 to $267 based on 60,000 gallons of water used. The increase will affect 105 residential customers in the Village of Needmore, Belfast Township, Fulton County.
The increase will become effective on one day’s notice after the Commission’s order is officially entered. The company’s last rate increase was August 1990.
The company said it needed the increase to cover accumulated losses over the last 4.5 years.
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