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Austin Water Commission urges council to deny Aqua Texas statewide rate filing affecting ~197 customers
Summary
At a public meeting, the Austin Water Commission voted unanimously to support staff’s recommendation that City Council deny Aqua Texas Inc.’s statewide rate request for customers inside the city’s full-purpose limits and scheduled a public meeting Sept. 29 for community input.
The Austin Water Commission voted unanimously at its meeting to support staff’s recommendation that City Council deny a proposed statewide rate increase filed by Aqua Texas Inc. for customers located within Austin’s full-purpose city limits.
The recommendation follows a briefing from Joseph Gonzales, assistant director for financial services at Austin Water, who said Aqua Texas serves about 197 Austin customers and has filed concurrently with the Public Utility Commission seeking a blended, systemwide rate. Gonzales told commissioners the filing seeks recovery for two earlier PUC filings through a surcharge and that, because the company is pursuing a statewide rate, some customers would see very large increases while others…
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