State recommends slightly lower rate increase for city utilities after hearings
COLUMBUS, Ind. The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is recommending a slightly lower rate increase than what Columbus City Utilities originally requested.
The OUCC filed four pieces of testimony Friday regarding the rate case. Utility analyst Thomas Malan wrote in his testimony that while city utilities has requested a 79.46% increase over the course of three phases, he and the office of the utility consumer counselor recommend an overall rate increase of 74.02% (while still utilizing a phase schedule).
“Columbus requests an overall 79.46% increase to generate $3,533,277 of additional operating revenue per year,” he wrote. “Columbus proposes this increase be implemented in three phases with a Phase 1 increase of 43.66%, a Phase 2 increase of 16.78%, and a Phase 3 increase of 6.97%.”