Water Rates Going Way Up Unless You Attend

Just a reminder, tomorrow there will be two opportunities to provide comment to an administrative law judge from the California Public Utilities Commission.

Two "public participation" hearings are scheduled at the Hughes Center in Claremont:

Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Alexander Hughes Community Center
1700 Danbury Road, Grove Room
Claremont, California

Thursday, February 5, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Alexander Hughes Community Center
1700 Danbury Road, Grove Room
Claremont, California

See our Monday post for more information, copies of the notice, and links to the City website with the City's take on this whole deal. If there is one point to be made, apart from the fact that Golden State Water Company's rate request in excess of 35% is outrageous, it is that it is very unfair of the PUC to have allowed Golden State to "regionalize" our water rates and include us with portions of Golden State's business with which we have no nexus, such as Barstow, Calipatria, Orange County, San Dimas, and San Gabriel, Wrightwood and Morongo Valley.

This "regionalization", by the way, was done about a decade ago with the acquiescence of then-City Manager Glenn Southard, we presume with the good advice of his strong right-hand, then-Assistant City Manager Bridget Healy. (pictured, left)