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penses for 1996 totaled over $24,000 more than revenue
generated.
The Harris' applied to the PSC asking for a $7.80 per lot
increase on residential homes, a $5 per load charge for water
trucks, sewer service to be increased from $12 to $16.73 and
commercial service to be increased from $29 to nearly $245.
"What they have asked for is out of line and I feel
comfortable in saying that," said Chris Van Dyke of the State
Attorney General's Consumer Advocate Division.
Van Dyke said his office does not usually get involved in
small water cases like the Harris' unless there is significant
public outcry. He said there were a number of letters and calls
to his office from the residents in the two subdivisions to
prompt his representation.
Nearly 100 of these residents showed up to protest Desert
Utilities request. Much of the concern centered on the fact that
they are already paying for improvements and that the cost
passed on to the consumer is getting to be too much.
"When Harris first took over, everyone in Allen Estates
was happy," said resident Vic Johnson. "If we had found what
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we have today, with a $1,200 hookup charge, plus the
surcharge, plus the regular rate, I'm sure people would shop
around."
Fellow Allen Estates resident Bob Belimore said that he
felt the rate increases might actually benefit Harris's side
projects, which include two mobile home projects that would
be developed in the area at a later date. He also read a bulletin
from Desert Utilities in which they allegedly stated the
improvements made would be no cost to the consumer.
The idea of switching to a meter system was mentioned.
Residents said they wouldn't mind paying for the water they
use, but didn't like the idea of covering other's costs as well
with a fiat rate.
PSC Senior Auditor Mike Chapman said that in order for
the meter system to work, all of the homes had to be hooked
up to it. A time period would also have to be set in which the
average use of consumers was taken to figure the base rate.
Alice Richardson had a different problem with the water.
She said she incurred over $20,000 in damage due to ph levels
in her pipes and water supply. Ultimately her insurance
covered the cost, but when she asked Harris if Desert Utilities
Operations Manager Bob Stamper was licensed to handle
these concerns, he replied that he was not.
"It is really frustrating," Richardson said. "They want to
make us pay more and for what? They can't tend to the
problems they have now."
Currently Desert Utilities services 141 customers in the
two subdivisions. Harris said that their company is trying to
do everything by the book and still provide quality service to
its clients.
"It is our goal to provide good clean water," he said. "We
are-just trying to be fair to both ourselves and to customers
who have found they pay the same as the neighbor next to him
who uses three times the amount."
The formal heating is set for November 25 at the Grant
Sawyer Building in Las Vegas. Johnson said after the meeting
that he feels the residents have a good chance based on the
testimony heard.
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