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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2008 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC UTILITIES | |
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COMMISSION DENY THE PROPOSED THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT RATE INCREASE | |
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REQUESTED BY THE KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY | |
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Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Blais, Breene, and McCaffrey | |
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Date Introduced: June 18, 2008 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, The Kent County Water Authority (KCWA) was established in 1946 by the |
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Rhode Island General Assembly (Public Law 1740) and was charged with providing quality |
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water at a reasonable rate to its ratepayers, who include citizens of Kent County in its entirety, |
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and portions of North Kingstown, Scituate and Cranston; and |
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WHEREAS, The applied rate increase of 35% ($135.00) to the average customer is far |
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above the current rate of inflation and much more than the average person can afford to bear |
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under the current economic circumstances; and |
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WHEREAS, With Rhode Island currently suffering from a distressed economy, with job |
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losses, sky-rocketing food prices and energy costs, the consumer today cannot afford to pay |
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exorbitant increases for every day necessities like water usage; and |
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WHEREAS, The Kent County Water Authority should be looking at alternative |
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conservation methodologies to reduce water usage and at the same time reduce water costs for its |
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ratepayers; and |
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WHEREAS, The Kent County Water Authority should henceforth conduct an internal |
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review, as well as consulting with other water authorities, to seek out ways to manage its |
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operation more efficiently in order to provide increased savings for its consumers and to keep |
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costs and future rate increases to a minimum; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby respectfully requests that the Rhode Island Public |
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Utilities Commission deny the requested thirty-five percent rate increase by the Kent County |
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Water Authority; and be it father |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, |
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and the Kent County Water Authority. |
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