CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) β βTo ensure sufficient notice is provided,β hearings into whether Paden City and Paden City Municipal Water Works (combined the City) is a distressed or failing utility were rescheduled by state regulators Monday to January 29. They had been set for Thursday.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia found the βcity provided inadequate notice to customers and did not complyβ with state law in its public notification about the hearings.
As a result, the Commission will hold an evidentiary a hearing beginning at 1:30 p.m. on January 29 at Paden City Municipal Building, 208 W. Main, Paden City. Thereafter, the Commission will hold a public comment hearing beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the same location to take public comments.
On a motion from legal staff on Oct. 4, 2023, the PSC agreed to consider whether the City was a distressed or failing utility.
The Commission legal staff said it discovered through investigation that the residents of Paden City for years have dealt with contaminated water from a chemical commonly used in dry cleaning called Tetrachloroethylene or PCE.
Paden City provides sewer service to 1,161 customers. Paden City Municipal Water Works provides water utility service to 1,204 customers in Wetzel and Tyler counties.
More information on this case can be found on the PSC website: www.psc.state.wv.us. Click on βCase Informationβ and access Case No. 23-0796-PSWD-DU.