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Wausau reviews rate comparisons, pilot payments and solar RFP timing ahead of potential rate actions
Summary
Commissioners heard that Wausau's water rates are midrange locally and top-third among large utilities statewide; staff recommended small, frequent rate increases to smooth costs, explained the PSC process, and flagged a solar array RFP timing risk that could affect tax-credit eligibility.
Commissioners reviewed a series of finance items including a PSC-based rate comparison, the payment in lieu of taxes (pilot) arrangement, and the solar array engineering RFP.
Scott said he ran PSC rate comparisons and found Wausau roughly midrange among Marathon County utilities and in the top third among utilities serving 4,000+ customers statewide; the city is not the highest-rate system in Wisconsin. Responding to concerns about rising treatment costs (chemicals, granular activated carbon, PFAS treatment), staff and Commissioner Aaron Greiner discussed sustainability and…
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