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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 [...]
I’m not sure what’s going on in Naples, FL when their water rate consultant is telling the City Council that the City’s water rates are not legally defensible, but we can speculate if only to illustrate a point. There are lots of reasons why utilities should address their rates on an ongoing basis, but legal [...]