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Stantec study: rate scenarios would raise typical household utility bills substantially by 2031
Summary
Consultants presented a recommended five‑year rate plan to support a 30‑year septic‑to‑sewer rollout that would produce a cumulative ~71% increase in a typical combined water and sewer bill by 2031; faster acceleration requires materially larger near‑term increases.
Stantec presented the utility rate analysis framing for the septic‑to‑sewer program and asked the commission to indicate a preferred construction pace.
Eric Grau, principal at Stantec, said the firm's 10‑year financial forecast (focusing on fiscal years 2027–2036) and a recommended five‑year near‑term plan assume annual water increases of about 9% and sewer increases of about 12.5% in the early years to fund a 30‑year conversion schedule.…
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