PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL CUSTOMERS OF
VILLAGE OF HOLMEN WATER UTILITY


Effective March 21st, 2009 the Village of Holmen will no longer be paying the water utility charge for public fire protection (PFP) service. In the past, it has paid this charge and, in turn, recovered its payment through property taxes. As such, the Village of Holmen has requested Public Service Commission authorization to collect the PFP charges from each customer, or benefiting person, on the water utility bill based on the {Equivalent Meters} Method, in accordance with Wis. Stat. Sec. 196.03(3)(b), which reads as follows:

196.03(3)(b). Unless the governing body of a city, village or town adopts a resolution providing that the city, village or town will pay the retail charges for the production, storage, transmission, sale and delivery or furnishing of water for public fire protection purposes that are not included in general service charges:

1. A public utility shall include the charges in the water utility bill of each customer of the public utility in the city, village or town.

2. A municipal utility may, in addition to including the charges in water utility bills under subd. 1., bill the charges to any person who meets all of the following conditions:

a. The person is not a customer of the municipal utility.
b. The person owns land that is located in the city, village or town and in an area in which the municipal utility has an obligation to provide water for public fire protection.

This change in billing for PFP will allow for the collection of PFP charges from property owners who are not subject to property taxes. The Village intends to charge non-general service customers as defined in subd. 2. above. The proposed {quarterly} PFP charges are as follows:

5/8-inch meter

$14.30

                         

3-inch meter

$215.00

3/4-inch meter

$14.30

4-inch meter

$358.00

1-inch meter

$35.75

6-inch meter

$715.00

1 1/4-inch meter

$53.00

8-inch meter

$1,144.00

1 1/2-inch meter

$71.50

10-inch meter

$1,716.00

2-inch meter

$114.50

12-inch meter

$2,288.00

 

The following is a projected {quarterly} billing comparison:

Customer
Type

Meter
Size

Volume
{CCF /
1,000 gal.}

Without PFP
Charge

With PFP
Charge

Percent
Increase

Small Residential

3/4

  6

$26.28

$40.58

54%

Average Residential

3/4

  12

$37.56

$51.86

38%

Large Residential

3/4

  30

$71.40

$85.70

20%

Commercial

1

  50

$118.00

$153.75

30%

Commercial

2

  200

$439.00

$553.50

26%

Public Authority

4

  500

$1090.00

$1,448.00

33%

Industrial

6

  1,000

$2150.00

$2,865.00

33%

 

Note: These projected {quarterly} bills DO NOT include sewer or stormwater charges.

Anyone wishing to petition the Commission regarding this matter should file, in writing, within 20 days of this notice, at the following address: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Attention: Vishwa Kashyap, P.O. Box 7854, Madison, WI 53707-7854.

If you have questions concerning the decision to direct charge PFP, please contact Village of Holmen at 608-526-4336.