Board reopens rates study; members ask for variable-cost per-gallon analysis

Oct 16, 2026

The chair returned the rates study to the agenda; discussion centered on meter-size classifications (5/8- and 1-inch as residential, larger as commercial) and staff said the current analysis did not address variable cost per gallon and needs further work.

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The chair said he had put the rates study back on the agenda and asked for input on classification and calculations. Board members discussed treating 5/8- and 1-inch meters as residential and meters larger than that as commercial; "I left the 5 eights and the 1 inch as residential, and I looked at the... Anything higher than that is commercial," the Chair said.

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