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UTC approves 70/30 surcharge to fund Port Ludlow ice-pigging effort
Summary
The Washington UTC approved a tariff modification allowing Olympic Water & Sewer to use a 70% customer / 30% utility split to finance the ice pigging, with a staggered two-year collection that carries no interest in year one; exact final surcharge may be adjusted after the project.
Olympic Water & Sewer said the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved a tariff change to fund the ice pigging project with a 70/30 cost split: customers will bear 70% and the utility 30%. Jason White explained the UTC required staged recovery so that "in year 1, you can't charge any interest," and allowed a modest interest recoupment in year two.
White emphasized the amounts cited are estimates and the tariff includes a provision allowing a final adjustment when the contractor’s final bill is submitted. Customers who do not make a one-time payment will be billed in the two-year surcharge cycle; White gave illustrative monthly figures (for customers on the surcharge example, roughly $5.66 in year one and about $6.20 in year two) and said the UTC preferred spreading costs over time to ease the household burden.
