A water utility serving less than 500 customers must notify its customers of the right to petition for rate regulation if it proposes to charge residential or commercial customers more than the following amounts in order to obtain water service:

1. (1) For unmetered customers with a pipe diameter of less than one inch, an annual average monthly charge of $54 per customer;
2. (2) For metered customers with a meter diameter of less than one inch, an annual average monthly charge of $57 per customer;
3. (3) For unmetered customers with a pipe diameter of one inch or larger, an annual average monthly charge of $152 per customer; and
4. (4) For metered customers with a meter diameter of one inch or larger, an annual average monthly charge of $163 per customer.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 757.061

History

PUC 10-2023, amend filed 09/25/2023, effective 09/25/2023
PUC 1-2017, f. & cert. ef. 1-24-17