SCHEDULE I – Effective 45 Days from Passage
(a) Applicability. Applicable within the entire territory served.
(b) Availability of Service. Available for general domestic, commercial, industrial (except unusual industrial waste) and resale sewer service.
(c) Rates First 3,000 gallons used per month $5.90 per 1,000 gallons
All over 3,000 gallons used per month $5.90 per 1,000 gallons
(1) Minimum Charge. (Customers with metered water supply) Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $17.70 per month (Equivalent to 3,000 gallons of water usage).
(2) CSO Surcharge. Expires in time.
(3) Flat-rate charge. (Customers with non-metered water supply) – Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $26.55 per month (Equivalent to 4,500 gallons of water usage).
(d) Delayed Payment Penalty. The above schedule is net. On all accounts not paid in full when due, ten percent (10%) will be added to the net current amount unpaid. This delayed payment penalty is not interest and is to be collected only once each bill where it is appropriate.
(e) Sewer service connection charge. $350.00.
The following charge is to be made whenever the utility installs a new tap to serve an applicant:
A tap fee of $100.00 will be charged to customers applying for service before construction is completed adjacent to the customer's premises in connection with a certificate proceeding before the Commission. This pre-construction tap fee will be invalid after the completion of construction adjacent to an applicant's premises that is associated with a certificate proceeding.
A tap fee of $350.00, or the actual cost of the connection (solely determined by the utility), whichever is greater, will be charged to all customers who apply for service outside of a certificate proceeding before the Commission for each new tap to the system.
(f) Returned Check Charge. A service charge of $25.00 will be imposed upon any customer whose check for payment of charges is returned by the bank.
(g) Water Disconnect / Reconnect Fees, Administrative Fees. Water service will not be restored until all past due sewer bills have been paid in full and all accrued penalties plus a disconnection charge of $25.00 have been paid.
There shall be a $25.00 reconnection charge paid prior to restoration of water service which has been previously disconnected for any reason.
In the event that Utility staff or agents collect money at the customer's residence in order to stop disconnection, an administrative fee of $25.00 shall be paid in addition to other charges to prevent disconnection.
(h) Incremental Costs $5.00 per 1,000 gallons. An amount not to exceed $5.00 per 1,000 gallons is to be used when a bill reflects unusual consumption which can be attributed to eligible leakage on the customer's side of the meter. This rate shall be applied to all such consumption above the customer's historical average usage. The Utility shall establish a non-discriminatory policy regarding this provision for leak adjustments.
(i) EFT, ACH, Credit Card and Drop Box Payments. A service charge will be imposed upon EFT, ACH, Credit card or Drop Box payments. The amount shall be equal to the actual charges to the Utility from the financial institution for processing payment.
(j) Security Deposit. As of the date of passage, the applicable provisions of West Virginia Code 8-19-12a(a)(2) and PSC Water Rules, Rule 4.2.a1 shall apply to the Utility. Application of these provisions of statutory language to the Utility produces a security deposit of $76.00 for residential customers.
SCHEDULE II – Effective 45 Days from Passage
(k) Surcharge Formula to be Applied Where Surface Drainage is Connected to the Utility's Sanitary Sewer System. Where the Utility has discovered that a customer's roof drain, down spouts, storm sewer or other similar facilities conducting surface water have been connected to the Utility's sewer system, and such customer has failed to take appropriate action, within thirty (30) days of receipt of a demand by the Utility in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission, to eliminate such connection, a surcharge will be imposed upon the customer calculated on the basis of the following formula:
S = A x R x .0006233 x C
S - The surcharge in dollars.
A - The are under roof and/or the are of any other water collection surface connected to the sanitary sewer, in square feet.
R - The measured monthly rainfall, in inches.
.0006233 - A conversion factor to change inches of rain x square feet of surface to thousands of gallons of water.
C - The Utility's approved rate per thousand gallons of metered water usage.
The Utility shall not impose the surcharge unless and until the customer has been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand-delivery, that it has been established by smoke testing, dye testing, or on-site inspection that rain or other surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer system at the customer's location, and that the customer has not acted within thirty (30) days from receipt of such notice to divert the water from the sanitary sewer system.
Said surcharge shall be calculated and imposed for each month that said condition continues to exist. Failure to pay the surcharge and/or correct the situation shall give rise to the possible termination of water service in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
SCHEDULE III – Effective 45 Days from Passage
(l) Surcharge Formula to be Applied in the Case of Users Producing Unusual Waste. The charge for the treatment of unusual waste will be calculated on the basis of the following formula:
Ci = VoVi + BoBi + SoSi
Ci - Charge to unusual users per year.
Vo - Average unit cost of transport and treatment chargeable to volume, in dollars per gallon.
Vi - Volume of waste water from unusual users, in gallons per year.
Bo - Average unit cost of treatment, chargeable to Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in dollars per year
Bi - Weight of BOD from unusual users, in pounds per year.
So - Average unit costs of treatment (including sludge treatment chargeable to total solids) in dollars per pound
Si - Weight of total solids from unusual users, in pounds per year.
When an unusual user is to be served, a preliminary study of its wastes, and the cost of transport and treatment thereof, will be made. Waste containing materials which, in the judgment of the Utility, should not be introduced into the sewer system need not be handled by it. The results of this preliminary study will be used to determine the feasibility of the proposed sewer service and the charge thereof, based upon the formula set out above.
Thereafter unusual sewage will be monitored on a regular basis and at the conclusion of each fiscal year, based on the investigation aforesaid and audit of the Utility records, new cost figures will be calculated for use in the above formula. The cost of establishing the monitoring facilities shall be paid by the unusual user. Based on these audited figures, additional billings covering the past fiscal year will be made for payment by each unusual user, or refund given by the Utility, as the case may be. Such audited figures will then be used for the preliminary billing for the next fiscal year, at the end of which an adjustment will be made as aforesaid.
SCHEDULE IV – Effective 45 Days from Passage
(m) Applicable Inside and Outside of the Limits of the Utility. Where the amount of sanitary sewage discharged in the Utility's wastewater collection and/or transmission and/or treatment system by certain industrial plant or plants cannot be accurately determined by the use of the plant's water meter or meters, and said plant cannot install a flow meter to measure such waste, a special formula will be used whereby such plant or plants will pay to the Utility a sewer charge calculated at fifty (50) gallons of water per each employee at the plant each working day.
SCHEDULE V – Effective 45 Days from Passage
(n) Applicability. – Applicable within the entire territory served.
(o) Availability. – Available for wastewater and leachate haulers.
(p) Rates.
Commodity Charge – Each customer shall pay a commodity charge of $50.00 per 1,000 gallons per load. Load will be the actual capacity of the truck or other transport method delivering wastewater and leachate. Actual capacity shall be determined, or verified solely, by the Utility.
(q) Delayed Payment Penalty. The above schedule is net. On all current usage billings not paid in full when due, ten percent (10%) will be added to the net current amount unpaid. This delayed payment penalty is not interest and is to be collected only once for each bill where it is appropriate.
(r) Returned Check Charge. – A service charge of $25.00 will be imposed upon any customer whose check for payment of charges is returned by the bank for any reason.
SCHEDULE I – Effective Upon Substantial Project
Completion or Commencement of Project Debt Service
(a) Applicability. Applicable within the entire territory served.
(b) Availability of Service. Available for general domestic, commercial, industrial (except unusual industrial waste) and resale sewer service.
(c) Rates.
First 3,000 gallons used per month $9.00 per 1,000 gallons
All over 3,000 gallons used per month $9.00 per 1,000 gallons
(1) Minimum Charge. (Customers with metered water supply) Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $27.00 per month (Equivalent to 3,000 gallons of water usage).
(2) Flat-rate charge. (Customers with non-metered water supply) – Each customer shall pay a minimum charge of $40.50 per month (Equivalent to 4,500 gallons of water usage).
(d) Delayed Payment Penalty. The above schedule is net. On all accounts not paid in full when due, ten percent (10%) will be added to the net current amount unpaid. This delayed payment penalty is not interest and is to be collected only once each bill where it is appropriate.
(e) Sewer service connection charge. $350.00.
The following charges are to be made whenever the utility installs a new tap to serve an applicant:
A tap fee of $100.00 will be charged to customers applying for service before construction is completed adjacent to the customer's premises in connection with a certificate proceeding before the Commission. This pre-construction tap fee will be invalid after the completion of construction adjacent to an applicant's premises that is associated with a certificate proceeding.
A tap fee of $350.00, or the actual cost of the connection (solely determined by the utility), whichever is greater, will be charged to all customers who apply for service outside of a certificate proceeding before the Commission for each new tap to the system.
(f) Returned Check Charge. A service charge of $25.00 will be imposed upon any customer whose check for payment of charges is returned by the bank for any reason.
(g) Water Disconnect / Reconnect Fees, Administrative Fees. Water service will not be restored until all past due sewer bills have been paid in full and all accrued penalties plus a disconnection charge of $25.00 have been paid.
There shall be a $25.00 reconnection charge paid prior to restoration of water service which has been previously disconnected for any reason.
In the event that Utility staff or agents collect money at the customer's residence in order to stop disconnection, an administrative fee of $25.00 shall be paid in addition to other charges to prevent disconnection.
(h) Incremental Costs $5.00 per 1,000 gallons. An amount not to exceed $5.00 per 1,000 gallons is to be used when a bill reflects unusual consumption which can be attributed to eligible leakage on the customer's side of the meter. This rate shall be applied to all such consumption above the customer's historical average usage. The Utility shall establish a non-discriminatory policy regarding this provision for leak adjustments.
(i) EFT, ACH, Credit Card and Drop Box Payments. A service charge will be imposed upon EFT, ACH, Credit card or Drop Box payments. The amount shall be equal to the actual charges to the Utility from the financial institution for processing payment.
(j) Security Deposit. As of the date of passage, the applicable provisions of West Virginia Code 8-19-12a(a)(2) and PSC Water Rules, Rule 4.2.a1 shall apply to the Utility. Application of these provisions of statutory language to the Utility produces a security deposit of $76.00 for residential customers.
SCHEDULE II – Effective Upon Substantial Project
Completion or Commencement of Project Debt Service
(k) Surcharge Formula to be Applied Where Surface Drainage is Connected to the Utility's Sanitary Sewer System. Where the Utility has discovered that a customer's roof drain, down spouts, storm sewer or other similar facilities conducting surface water have been connected to the Utility's sewer system, and such customer has failed to take appropriate action, within thirty (30) days of receipt of a demand by the Utility in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission, to eliminate such connection, a surcharge will be imposed upon the customer calculated on the basis of the following formula:
S = A x R x .0006233 x C
S - The surcharge in dollars.
A - The are under roof and/or the are of any other water collection surface connected to the sanitary sewer, in square feet.
R - The measured monthly rainfall, in inches.
.0006233 - A conversion factor to change inches of rain x square feet of surface to thousands of gallons of water.
C - The Utility's approved rate per thousand gallons of metered water usage.
The Utility shall not impose the surcharge unless and until the customer has been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand-delivery, that it has been established by smoke testing, dye testing, or on-site inspection that rain or other surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer system at the customer's location, and that the customer has not acted within thirty (30) days from receipt of such notice to divert the water from the sanitary sewer system.
Said surcharge shall be calculated and imposed for each month that said condition continues to exist. Failure to pay the surcharge and/or correct the situation shall give rise to the possible termination of water service in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
SCHEDULE III – Effective Upon Substantial Project
Completion or Commencement of Project Debt Service
(l) Surcharge Formula to be Applied in the Case of Users Producing Unusual Waste. The charge for the treatment of unusual waste will be calculated on the basis of the following formula:
Ci = VoVi + BoBi + SoSi
Ci - Charge to unusual users per year.
Vo - Average unit cost of transport and treatment chargeable to volume, in dollars per gallon.
Vi - Volume of waste water from unusual users, in gallons per year.
Bo - Average unit cost of treatment, chargeable to Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in dollars per year
Bi - Weight of BOD from unusual users, in pounds per year.
So - Average unit costs of treatment (including sludge treatment chargeable to total solids) in dollars per pound
Si - Weight of total solids from unusual users, in pounds per year.
When an unusual user is to be served, a preliminary study of its wastes, and the cost of transport and treatment thereof, will be made. Waste containing materials which, in the judgment of the Utility, should not be introduced into the sewer system need not be handled by it. The results of this preliminary study will be used to determine the feasibility of the proposed sewer service and the charge thereof, based upon the formula set out above.
Thereafter unusual sewage will be monitored on a regular basis and at the conclusion of each fiscal year, based on the investigation aforesaid and audit of the Utility records, new cost figures will be calculated for use in the above formula. The cost of establishing the monitoring facilities shall be paid by the unusual user. Based on these audited figures, additional billings covering the past fiscal year will be made for payment by each unusual user, or refund given by the Utility, as the case may be. Such audited figures will then be used for the preliminary billing for the next fiscal year, at the end of which an adjustment will be made as aforesaid.
SCHEDULE IV – Effective Upon Substantial Project
Completion or Commencement of Project Debt Service
(m) Applicable Inside and Outside of the Limits of the Utility. Where the amount of sanitary sewage discharged in the Utility's wastewater collection and/or transmission and/or treatment system by certain industrial plant or plants cannot be accurately determined by the use of the plant's water meter or meters, and said plant cannot install a flow meter to measure such waste, a special formula will be used whereby such plant or plants will pay to the Utility a sewer charge calculated at fifty (50) gallons of water per each employee at the plant each working day.
SCHEDULE V – Effective Upon Substantial Project
Completion or Commencement of Project Debt Service
(n) Applicability. – Applicable within the entire territory served.
(o) Availability. – Available for wastewater and leachate haulers.
(p) Rates.
Commodity Charge – Each customer shall pay a commodity charge of $50.00 per 1,000 gallons per load. Load will be the actual capacity of the truck or other transport method delivering wastewater and leachate. Actual capacity shall be determined, or verified solely, by the Utility.
(q) Delayed Payment Penalty. The above schedule is net. On all current usage billings not paid in full when due, ten percent (10%) will be added to the net current amount unpaid. This delayed payment penalty is not interest and is to be collected only once for each bill where it is appropriate.
(r) Returned Check Charge. – A service charge of $25.00 will be imposed upon any customer whose check for payment of charges is returned by the bank for any reason.
(Ord. 9-10-12)