MERCER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The Public Service Commission has scheduled an additional public comment hearing on West Virginia American Water Company’s rate increase.
The public comment hearing will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, beginning at 4:00 P.M. in the Municipal Board Room, Bluefield City Hall, 200 Rogers Street, Bluefield, West Virginia.
The rate increase is $40.4 million annually, a 26.1% increase for approximately 167,000 water customers in Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mercer, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, and Webster counties.