CUB, UNIVERSITY PARK CALL FOR CUTTING AQUA RATE-HIKE REQUEST BY 40%
The testimony uncovered at least $7.6 million in overcharges proposed by Aqua, or about 40 percent of the company's rate-hike request.
- The testimony uncovered at least $7.6 million in overcharges proposed by Aqua, or about 40 percent of the company's rate-hike request.
- "Our testimony shows that Aqua Illinois' rate-hike request is unjust and unreasonable," CUB Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz said.
- Aqua is asking for an excessive increase in its "Return on Equity" (ROE)—or profit rate for shareholders—from 9.6 percent to 10.8 percent.
- While Aqua says the problem in University Park has been fixed, years later some customers were still drinking bottled water because they didn't trust the company.