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| Water And Wastewater Rates                | Note 10           Water and Wastewater Rates 

 

During the first three months of 2014, the Company’s operating divisions in Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, Virginia, and Indiana were granted base rate increases designed to increase total operating revenues on an annual basis by $2,715.  Further, during the first three months of 2014, the Company’s operating divisions in Illinois and New Jersey received infrastructure rehabilitation surcharges designed to increase total operating revenues on an annual basis by $1,429.

 

In May 2014, the North Carolina Utilities Commission granted the Company’s operating subsidiary in North Carolina a water and wastewater rate increase designed to increase total operating revenue by $2,471, on an annual basis.

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