River's Edge Utility Investigation
On May 21, 2008, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) issued an interim order in its investigation of River's Edge Utility, Inc., a privately owned water and wastewater utility in Clark County.
At this time, a petition seeking the transfer of the utility’s assets from River’s Edge Utility, Inc. to Wastewater One, LLC is pending before the IURC. Wastewater One is also requesting an increase in the utility’s rates and charges, and filed the following documents on June 19, 2009:
- Wastewater One Petition Seeking Transfer of Assets 3 pages *
- Wastewater One Testimony - Volume One 27 pages*
- Wastewater One Testimony - Volume Two 24 pages*
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) filed testimony in this case on September 24, 2009. For a PDF copy of the OUCC's testimony and exhibits, please click here. The document is 99 pages in length.
In addition, a group of residential customers has intervened in this case and filed testimony on October 7. For a copy of the 20-page filing, please click here.
Additional written filings in this case are scheduled as follows:
- Wastewater One Rebuttal - 10-30-09
- OUCC Response - 11-10-09
- Wastewater One Rebuttal - 11-20-09
The October 15 evidentiary hearing in this case has been continued to December 10, 2009.
An IURC public field hearing in this case was held on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in Charlestown. For more details, please see the OUCC’s August 24 news release or the OUCC consumer fact sheet distributed at the hearing.
An additional OUCC news release inviting consumer comments was issued July 28, 2009.
For the complete public file in this case, please click here and enter docket number 43115.
This page will be updated as warranted.
Additional River's Edge Case Information:
- IURC Prehearing Conference Order on Transfer of Assets 4-22-09 - 9 pages *
- IURC Interim Order 5-21-08 - 33 pages *
- OUCC News Release: Public meeting/hearing scheduled for April 11, 2007 (3-28-07)
- IURC Order Opening Investigation 9-13-06 - 4 pages *
- River's Edge Testimony 12-8-06 - 27 pages *
- OUCC Testimony 1-29-07 - 106 pages *
- River's Edge Rebuttal Testimony 2-9-07 - 18 pages *
General Consumer Resources:
- Guide to State Utility Regulatory Proceedings
- Speaking Out on Pending Cases brochure
- Reduce Your Water Bill brochure
- Understanding Sewer Rates brochure
* Links marked with an asterisk are connected to documents hosted on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) Website. These documents are in PDF format, require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view, and will open in new windows. These files may take significant time to download, depending on the user’s Internet connection speed.
Page Updated 10-13-09
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