A veteran Rota senator has asked the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. to review its water charges, after accusing the utility agency of charging its customers triple their actual water use.<\/p>\n
CUC customers are charged a water electric charge of $3.72 per 1,000 gallons consumed. In most instances, the charges are \u201ctriple that of the water monthly service fee,\u201d according to Sen. Paul Manglona (Ind-Rota) in a letter to CUC executive director Gary Camacho dated March 28, 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe water electric charge rate has been in effect for several years, but we have not seen any corresponding adjustment or modification in its rate every time there is a change in the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause or the Fuel Adjustment Charge rate,\u201d said Manglona. <\/p>\n
LEAC, which represents the cost of CUC\u2019s fuel consumption, is also called the FAC.<\/p>\n
Manglona added that other \u201cpressing issues\u201d relate to water electric charges, or WEC, and wastewater electric charges, or WWEC. Manglona pointed out that the \u201chigh percentage\u201d of water customers that are not properly metered or are not metered at all are affecting the WEC.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a result [of high percentage of water customers not properly metered or are not metered at all], many customers are not conserving or monitoring their actual water consumptions, and the costs of wastage are passed to all the other ratepayers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Manglona asked CUC for information on the WWEC pertaining to the fee for wastewater service and \u201chow this fee is built in with the WEC.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a concern that this combination of fees creates an unreasonable burden on CUC customers,\u201d said Manglona.<\/p>\n
Manglona did not specify his sources and did not give CUC a deadline to respond.<\/p>\n
He added that a previous CUC proposal \u201cseveral years ago\u201d sought to replace the WEC and the WWEC with a nominal electric surcharge. He noted that this proposal has yet to materialize.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026This change in surcharge will allow the rate to be recalculated every time there is a change in the LEAC\/FAC rate,\u201d he said. He quoted CUC in previous statement on the proposal that the corporation would be able to \u201crecoup all its water and wastewater electric charges in the long run by spreading these costs over a large base of electric usage.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was said that under this proposal, CUC customers will experience a decrease in their monthly utility bills,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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