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Murray Power Department proposes $435 per-upgrade fee to share transformer costs; council questions details
Summary
City power staff proposed new fees and rules for residential electric service upgrades that would charge a per-upgrade contribution (staff cited $435 for an overhead transformer share) to spread transformer replacement costs among customers who upgrade service; council members asked about timing, fee escalation and exemptions.
MURRAY, Utah —1 Aug. 26 —1 The Murray City Power Department presented proposed changes to fees and procedures for residential electric service upgrades at Tuesday's city council meeting, including a per-upgrade charge intended to share the eventual cost of transformer replacement among customers who request larger services.
Greg Belong of the power department said the utility has seen a surge of residential upgrade requests (for example, 100-amp to 200-amp services). Under the proposed policy, a customer applying for an upgrade on an overhead…
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