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PSC Denies WMA Petition To Reconsider Assessment, Sparking Potential Legal Battle

In denying the Waste Management Authority's petition for reconsideration of its annual assessment, the Public Services Commission has set the stage for a potential legal fight between the two entities. During the PSC meeting on Tuesday, Florence Kahugu, general counsel for the WMA, said that the PSC’s calculation of the agency’s annual assessment was done in error, as monies provided by central government as appropriation and special allocation funds should not be included as part of the WMA’s inter-territorial regulated operations. As such, the annual assessment should be reduced from over $400,000 to just over $14,000. Darryl Griffith, WMA’s chief financial officer, argued that the PSC calculated gross operating revenues from Waste Management in 2022 to be $53.7 million, compared with their auditors calculation of $1.3 million. Despite the funding received from the government’s appropriations process being put into use to cover operating expenses, Mr. Griffith told commissioners th...