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Today, we’ve introduced our new channel on YouTube, which we will be using to provide a new video education series for our clients, blog readers, and anyone interested in learning more about the ins and outs of water and sewer utilities. Our first installment, “What is a Revenue Requirement”, is the perfect starting point for [...]
Just the other day we discussed a Virginia Supreme Court decision on municipal water rates and the “fairly debatable standard” that led to, in our opinion, a weak justification for the rates charged by the City of Leesburg. Today we have another Virginia example where a lower court has ruled otherwise. In today’s example, the [...]
We’re very proud to have been invited to lecture at the Colorado Law Institute’s 2nd Annual Water Marketing Conference this year. For those able to attend in person, the event is held on December 9-10 in Beaver Creek, CO. Our lecture will start at 11am on the 9th. We hope you can make it! Here [...]
A recent decision by the Virginia State Supreme Court suggests that municipal utility rates in that state are not required to be held to “normal” standards of reasonableness. The web article for the Leesburg rate decision explains that the laws of Virginia means that the utility need only meet a “fairly debatable standard,” which seems [...]