Pending and Recent Water Rate Cases

Water Rate Case Overview

A rate case is the formal process used to determine the amounts to charge customers for electricity, natural gas, private water and steam service provided by regulated utilities. Below you'll find active cases which are pending, and past cases, which continue to have documentation added after the case is decided. Rate cases are a primary instrument of government regulation of these industries.

Below you'll find cases for large water utility companies brought before the NYS Public Service Commission.

 

Pending Water Rate Case

Liberty Utilities (New York Water) Corp.

Pending Cases

Case 26-W-0358 - Proceeding on Motion of the Commission as to the Rates, Charges, Rules and Regulations of Liberty Utilities (New York Water) Corp. for Water Service.

Related Documents

Overview

Liberty Utilities (New York Water) Corp. is requesting increases in annual revenues of approximately $24.59 million or 21.87 percent for Service Area (SA) 1, and $13.52 million or 30.14 percent for SA 2, for the rate year ending April 30, 2028. (For rate purposes, the Company’s service territory is divided into two service areas. SA 1 is comprised of Beaver Dam Lake, Cambridge, Dykeer, Hoey-DeGraw, Kingsvale, Long Island, Waccubuc, West Branch Acres, and Wild Oaks districts. SA 2 is comprised of the Merrick and Sea Cliff districts.) 

The Company estimates that the requested increase in revenues will result in an average monthly residential bill increase of approximately $27.77 or 28.3 percent for customers in SA 1 outside of the New Vernon district; and $35.47 or 59.35 percent for SA 1 customers in New Vernon. For SA 2, the increase would result in average monthly residential bill increases of $26.89 or 29.71 percent in the Sea Cliff district, and $21.20 or 36.99 percent in the Merrick district. The residential bill impacts are based on monthly usage of 8,000 gallons of water per month.

 

Past Cases

Veolia Water New York, Inc.