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Council continues Summit Utilities rate-increase hearing as residents question past pipe replacement
Summary
Summit Utilities presented a rate proposal that would raise local revenues to cover infrastructure investments; the council left the public hearing open and scheduled further consideration in July after residents and council members pressed the company for proof that earlier pipe replacement work occurred.
Summit Utilities representatives presented a proposed natural-gas rate increase for the Texarkana system and answered questions during a public hearing that the council continued to its July meeting.
Brooke Parsons, a Summit spokesperson, told the council the company filed a statement of intent to increase Texarkana-area rates by about $2 million and said the proposal would recover roughly $2.4 million from local customers, which Parsons characterized as about $800,000 less than an estimate based solely on Texas-specific data. “This proposal that is before you is much less. It has the…
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