FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mountain Water District is asking the Kentucky Public Service Commission to skip holding a hearing on its current request for a rate increase and issue a ruling based on the case records.

In its application filed in November, Mountain Water asked for permission to raise rates across the board.
Their proposal would raise residential rates by 22 percent, jumping from about $45 to nearly $55. Commercial and other accounts would also see raises, ranging from 24 to 35 percent, and the wholesale rate charged to Elkhorn City, Jenkins, Martin County and Mingo County would jump 13.5 percent.

The utility says there is no need for a hearing on the matter, because no one filed to intervene in the case to object to the request. Mountain Water says its 809-page application and responses to three requests for additional information should be adequate for the PSC to render a decision.

The company also asks the PSC to issue its decision by March 31.