Notice of Application

UW03305

KENSINGTON WATER AND POLLUTION CONTROL CORPORATION

APPLICATION TO INCREASE WATER & SEWER RATES & CHARGES

TAKE NOTICE that the Kensington Water and Pollution Control Corporation has filed an application for approval to implement metered water and sewer rates, effective January 1, 2009.

THE APPLICATION proposes to charge unmetered water customers an annual customer charge of $13.95, plus a combined base and usage charge of $231.58 per unit. Metered water customers will be billed annually a customer charge of $13.95, a base charge of $192.14 per unit, and a usage charge of $1.36 per 1,000 Imperial gallons.

Unmetered sewer customers will be charged an annual customer charge of $14.55, plus a combined base and usage charge of $324.23 per unit. Metered sewer customers will be billed annually a customer charge of $14.55, a base charge of $245.06 per unit, and a usage charge of $2.73 per 1,000 Imperial gallons.

If approved, the annual residential unmetered water rate will increase from $170.00 per year to $245.53 per year. Residential unmetered sewer rates will increase from $125.00 per year to $338.78.

A metered customer consuming 75,000 Imperial gallons and billed 2.0 units per year would see their overall water rate increase from $340.00 to approximately $500.00 and their sewer rate would increase from $250.00 to roughly $709.00 per year.

The Utility also proposes to alter its billing frequency from once a year to once a month.

COPIES OF THE APPLICATION and information provided by Kensington in support of its proposal can be obtained by contacting the Utility at the address below. The application can be obtained by clicking here (3036 KB pdf file) .

IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT on the application, you may write to the Commission at the address below. Comments must be received by Friday, December 19, 2008 in order to be considered.

Following receipt of written comments, the Commission will determine the necessity of a public hearing into this matter. Additional information can be obtained by contacting:

Geoff Baker
Chief Administrative Officer
Kensington Water and
Pollution Control Corporation
P. O. Box 418
Kensington, PE C0B 1M0
Tel 836-3781 Fax: 836-3741
townmanager@townofkensington.com

Mark Lanigan
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission
P.O. Box 577
Charlottetown, PE  C1A 7L1
Tel 892-3501 Fax 566-4076
Toll Free 1-800-501-6268
 jmlanigan@irac.pe.ca

DATED at Charlottetown, this 24th day of November, 2008.
 

Posted: 2008/11/27

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