Pursuant to an unopposed settlement agreement, the California Public Service Commission permitted a water utility to raise its rates and charges for customers in two of its service divisions. The utility, San Gabriel Valley Water Company, had submitted a three-year rate plan for both its Los Angeles and Fontana districts.
The North Dakota Public Service Commission granted an electric utility, Montana-Dakota Utilities Company (MDU), only about 55% of its request for rate relief. Thus, rather than the $13.4 million in additional revenues sought, the utility was allowed to raise its rates by only $7.5 million.
The New York Public Service Commission denied an energy service company (ESCO) trade group's request to delay or curtail the scope of an ongoing investigation into the pricing of ESCO supply services provided to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers and associated ESCO profitability.
On a single day, the Kentucky Public Service Commission released a pair of decisions addressing new revenue levels for two sister energy utilities, Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Company (LG&E). The two utilities had prosecuted their cases together, with each case being resolved by substantially similar settlements.
As the second quarter drew to a close and the summer season began, regulatory officials around the country continued their reviews of utility rate plans. As has become the norm, many of the commission decisions reported below rested on settlement proposals.