Wisconsin § 196.193 - Water and sewer rate increases without hearings.

§ 196.193. Water and sewer rate increases without hearings.

196.193(1) (1) When permitted. The commission may grant a rate increase to a municipally owned water or a municipally owned combined water and sewer public utility without a hearing if all of the following conditions are met: 196.193(1)(a) (a) The revenue increase is calculated by multiplying the utility’s prior year’s revenues from sales of utility service by the rate increase factor under sub. (2) . 196.193(1)(b) (b) The revenue increase under par. (a) , combined with the prior year’s net operating income, either results in an overall rate of return that does not exceed the rate of return determined by the commission under sub. (3) or results in an amount that does not exceed 6 percent of the utility’s prior year’s total operation and maintenance expenses. 196.193(1)(c) (c) The utility will increase its rates for general service, wholesale service and public fire protection uniformly for all utility customers by the rate increase factor determined by the commission under sub. (2) , unless the commission determines that the utility has good cause for not meeting the condition under this paragraph. 196.193(1)(d) (d) The effective date of the rate increase is not less than 12 months from the effective date of an increase previously filed under this section nor less than 45 days from the date on which the application was filed. 196.193(1)(e) (e) If the utility’s rates in effect prior to the rate increase under this section were authorized pursuant to a hearing under s.