Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
302 West Washington
Street, Room 306
Indianapolis Indiana 46204
317.232.2297 office
317.233.1982 fax
IURC APPROVES REQUEST FROM CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
ILLINOIS TO PROVIDE WATER SERVICE IN RURAL VERMILLION COUNTY, INDIANA
The
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission today approved a settlement agreement
between the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor and the city of
Georgetown, Illinois that allows the municipality to provide water service in a
rural part of Vermillion County, Indiana.
In
Cause No. 42064, the Commissioners agree that it is in the best interest of the
public to allow the city of Georgetown, Illinois to operate and provide water
utility service to customers in Indiana.
The company will also enhance fire protection and provide backup water
service to the city of Cayuga, Indiana.
The
city of Georgetown has provided water utility service in Illinois for nearly 70
years, and serves about 1,600 customers in and around Georgetown,
Illinois. Problems with its current
water source made it necessary for the company to search out alternate sources
of water supply. After exhausting
efforts to find a new source in Illinois, it located an aquifer and well field
in Indiana, just outside the city of Cayuga.
In
order to acquire easements along the route of the proposed transmission main,
the company will offer free water taps to landowners in exchange for the
easement. The settlement agreement also
establishes the rates customers will be charged for service.
|
Indiana
Customers |
Existing
Rates |
Proposed
Rates |
Percent
Increase |
|
5000
gallons |
|
$33.62 |
|
|
7500
gallons |
|
$49.47 |
|
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