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Springville council adopts ordinance backing power impact fee study; commercial fees to rise about 89%
Summary
The Springville City Council approved Ordinance No. 12-2024 to adopt a power impact fee study that largely shifts costs to commercial new development — about an 89% proposed increase for commercial impact fees — while residential fees remain largely flat, according to the consultant’s presentation.
Springville City Council voted to adopt Ordinance No. 12-2024, approving a power impact fee study and proposed fee changes for new or upgraded connections to the Springville City Power System. The council recorded a roll-call vote with five members saying “yes.”
Consultant Jason Miller told the council the study’s methodology shifts a larger share of infrastructure costs to commercial developers by revising how panel loading (diversified kilowatt usage) is calculated. “This would be an 89% proposed increase … for commercial businesses,” Miller said while walking through the study’s tables and county comparables. He also identified a proposed new per-kilowatt charge of $445 that underlies the revised fee schedule.
Miller said residential impact fees would be…
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