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Bill Aimed At Addressing How Much WAPA Can Charge When Estimating Bills Stalls in Committee

The Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection heard testimony from the Water and Power Authority and Public Service Commission on a bill that would limit how much WAPA would be able to charge when they estimate a bill but while Senators agreed that it was well intentioned they believed it would open the door to legally allow W.A.P.A to estimate bills.    Senator At-Large Steven Payne sponsored bill Bill No. 34-0048 and explained that the legislation would ensure that WAPA would not be able to charge more the 5% of the previous bill when estimating power bills but his colleagues thought that it had the potential to open the door to make bill estimation more common.    Noel Hodge, Interim WAPA Executive Director , explained that when WAPA estimates bills, they use one of two criterias to determine the cost.  “A system estimation uses the average of the consumption for the previous three billing periods or the average daily consumption of a customer as defined by a th...