Your water or sewer bill could hold steady after a utility buys a local system
What it does
HB 240 would change how a utility sets the first rates for a water or sewer system it buys. The utility could charge the rates already in force on the day it filed its purchase application, or ask the regulator with authority over those rates to approve using the rates it charges for another system it operates, as long as those rates were in force when the application was filed. The utility could not open a new rate proceeding while the purchase was pending, and the regulator could not require one just to set the starting rates. The bill takes effect September 1, 2027.
What it means for your community
When a utility buys a water or sewer system, your first bill could be set at the rates that were already in force, or at the rates the utility charges in another system it owns. Either way, no new rate case could start while the purchase was pending, so the starting prices would be set without one. The bill covers only purchases whose application is filed on or after September 1, 2027.
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