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Aqua NC Rate Hike Public Hearing – Gastonia
Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Gaston County Courthouse County Commission, Public Forum Room 2nd Floor 325 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way Gastonia, North Carolina 28052 Only customers who give testimony during a public hearing (in-person or virtual) will have their comments weighed during the rate case proceedings. Aqua North Carolina is seeking approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to raise rates for all water and sewer customers and to establish a Water and Sewer Investment Plan (WSIP). Read the full application with the proposed rates Water & Sewer Investment Plan: The WSIP is a multi-year rate-making…
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Aqua NC Rate Hike Public Hearing – Wilmington
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. New Hanover County Courthouse 317 Princess Street Courtroom 317 Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 Only customers who give testimony during a public hearing (in-person or virtual) will have their comments weighed during the rate case proceedings. Aqua North Carolina is seeking approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to raise rates for all water and sewer customers and to establish a Water and Sewer Investment Plan (WSIP). Read the full application with the proposed rates Water & Sewer Investment Plan: The WSIP is a multi-year rate-making mechanism that will allow Aqua to set…
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Aqua NC Rate Hike Public Hearing – Virtual
Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. Virtual Hearing Held via Webex Instructions for advance registration below! Only customers who give testimony during a public hearing (in-person or virtual) will have their comments weighed during the rate case proceedings. Aqua North Carolina is seeking approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to raise rates for all water and sewer customers and to establish a Water and Sewer Investment Plan (WSIP). Read the full application with the proposed rates Water & Sewer Investment Plan: The WSIP is a multi-year rate-making mechanism that will allow Aqua to set rates through…
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Aqua NC Rate Hike Public Hearing – Raleigh
Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. North Carolina Utilities Commission 430 North Salisbury Street Commission Hearing Room 2115 Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 Only customers who give testimony during a public hearing (in-person or virtual) will have their comments weighed during the rate case proceedings. Aqua North Carolina is seeking approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to raise rates for all water and sewer customers and to establish a Water and Sewer Investment Plan (WSIP). Read the full application with the proposed rates Water & Sewer Investment Plan The WSIP is a multi-year rate-making mechanism that will allow…
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‘Bipartisan’ Infrastructure Plan is a Privatization-Promoting Disaster
By Food & Water Watch, June 24 2021 Today the White House announced that it had reached a bipartisan infrastructure ‘compromise’ with a group of Senators. The plan would rely on privatization schemes that will undermine public control and prove to be costly. The proposed financing mechanisms include “public-private partnerships,” “private activity bonds,” and “asset recycling.” Public private partnerships are privatization deals in which a private company takes control over the operation, and sometimes financing, of a public project. Private activity bonds give tax subsidies to debt issued by corporations to finance privatized projects. Asset recycling refers to schemes where a…
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The International Challenge of World Water Day—March 22nd!
As Clean Water for NC and all of our members and allies continue to work for Safe, Affordable Water for All in our state, it’s crucial to keep in mind that much of the world lacks the water and wastewater management that we’ve MOSTLY been able to take for granted in the US. The theme of this year’s United Nations World Water Day is “Valuing Water,” calling on individuals and nations to assess the complex multiple values water holds in our lives, health, culture and economies and making decisions to protect, restore and manage it accordingly. A strong focus of…
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