Wastewater and water rates to go up, electricity downALACHUA – City of Alachua Public Services Director Mike New presented the proposed utility rates for the 2013 fiscal year at the city’s public workshop Monday, highlighting changes that will result in decreased rates for customers who use the city’s water, wastewater and electricity.
According to New, the proposed rates will add 0.1 cent per kilowatt-hour to electric bills. However, the bulk power cost adjustment will decrease from 2.275 cents to 1.85 cents per kWh. As a result, the bill for a customer using 1,000 kWh a month would decrease by $3.25 a month.
New said water conservation efforts have led to a decrease in consumption of the city’s water and wastewater, with the average residence using 700 fewer gallons of water and wastewater per month than in 2009.
Due to insufficient revenues, the proposed rates of these utilities will increase next year. The proposed water rate would add 78 cents to the monthly bill of a residence using 6,000 gallons of water per month and $2.04 to a residence using the same amount of wastewater.
New noted customers receiving all three utilities from the city will see an average monthly rate decrease of 43 cents a month.
“We have 2,700 wastewater customers,” New said. “Nearly every wastewater customer is also a water customer and an electric customer. I would say more than 2,500 customers have all three services.”
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ALACHUA – City of Alachua Public Services Director Mike New presented the proposed utility rates for the 2013 fiscal year at the city’s public workshop Monday, highlighting changes that will result in decreased rates for customers who use the city’s water, wastewater and electricity.
According to New, the proposed rates will add 0.1 cent per kilowatt-hour to electric bills. However, the bulk power cost adjustment will decrease from 2.275 cents to 1.85 cents per kWh. As a result, the bill for a customer using 1,000 kWh a month would decrease by $3.25 a month.
New said water conservation efforts have led to a decrease in consumption of the city’s water and wastewater, with the average residence using 700 fewer gallons of water and wastewater per month than in 2009.
Due to insufficient revenues, the proposed rates of these utilities will increase next year. The proposed water rate would add 78 cents to the monthly bill of a residence using 6,000 gallons of water per month and $2.04 to a residence using the same amount of wastewater.
New noted customers receiving all three utilities from the city will see an average monthly rate decrease of 43 cents a month.
“We have 2,700 wastewater customers,” New said. “Nearly every wastewater customer is also a water customer and an electric customer. I would say more than 2,500 customers have all three services.”
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