EPCOR proposes big hook-up fee increases to pay for infrastructure

by Joey Chenoweth | San Tan Sentinel

New hook-ups to the Johnson Utilities water system will cost more than three times as much as current rates should regulators approve an application for an increase.

EPCOR Water, the interim manager for the embattled Pinal County utility, sent an application to the Arizona Corporation Commission requesting a significant increase in hook-up fee tariffs. The increase is needed, EPCOR says, to fulfill its capital plan to improve the Johnson Utilities system.

The ACC, when approving EPCOR’s capital improvement plan in July, asked the company to follow up with a plan on how to pay for it. In its application, EPCOR states these will be the only fee increases and are intended to minimize the need to increase rates for customers.

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