FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Public Service Commission has granted Mountain Water District’s request to decide its request for a rate increase without a public hearing, but is not ready to rule on the matter yet.

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.

Earlier this month, Mountain Water asked the PSC to forego a public hearing on the request, because no one filed to intervene in the case to object to the request.

Mountain Water said its 809-page application and responses to three requests for additional information should be adequate for the PSC to render a decision. The utility also asked the PSC to close the case file except for the submission of final reports.

Last week, the PSC agreed to decide the case without a hearing, but declined to close the case. Instead, the commission ordered Mountain Water to continue to respond to requests for additional information about the application.

No timeline for when the case could be decided was released.