Kentucky American Water customers will see their monthly bills increase by almost $7 after a rate increase was approved on Dec. 17.
The Kentucky Public Service Commission, the state body responsible for regulating utilities, approved on Wednesday a more than 14% rate increase for residential Kentucky American Water customers. When the company applied for the rate increase in May, it asked for the new rates to go into effect seven months after filing, meaning customers will begin seeing the new rate this month.
Utility customers using approximately 3,940 gallons of water per month could see their monthly bills increase $6.82, from $44.08 to $50.90, according to a news release from the commission…