Public Input Hearings Notice

This is to inform you that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will conduct in-person Public Input Hearings concerning Veolia Pennsylvania Water, Inc.'s request for an increase in rates.  The in-person and telephonic hearings will be held at the following times and places:

Presiding: Administrative Law Judge Emily DeVoe

Docket #: R-2024-3045192

Docket #: R-2024-3045193

1. Type: In-Person Public Input Hearing

Date: Monday, April 29, 2024

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Central Susquehanna Opportunities Building

160 W. 6th Street

Bloomsburg, PA, 18715

2. Type: Hybrid (In-person and Telephonic) Public Input Hearing

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Time: 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM

Location: Hearing Room 1

Keystone Building

400 North Street

Harrisburg, PA 17120

To participate in the hearing by telephone, you must use this information to call into the conference bridge:

Toll-free Conference Number: 888.547.8922

PIN Number: 74903461

• You must dial the toll-free Conference number above

• You must enter the PIN number above when instructed

• You must speak your name when prompted, and press #

• Then, the telephone system will connect you to the hearing

The PUC will be streaming video of the two Harrisburg Public Input Hearings live on its website. (LINK: https://www.puc.pa.gov/live-streaming/).

It also is accessible via: https://www.puc.pa.gov/about-the-puc/public-meetings-hearings/.

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TO TESTIFY IN-PERSON AT THE BLOOMSBURG PUBLIC INPUT HEARING OR EITHER OF THE TWO HARRISBURG PUBLIC INPUT HEARINGS:

Preregistration is not required. There will be a sign-up sheet in the hearing room.

TO TESTIFY BY TELEPHONE AT EITHER OF THE TWO HARRISBURG HEARINGS:

You are strongly encouraged to pre-register with the Office of Administrative Law Judge. Failure to pre-register may result in you not being flagged as a witness when you call into the hearing and the judge may not call on you to testify.  To pre-register to testify by telephone, please contact the Judge’s Legal Assistant, Mary Swarner, by phone at 412.565.3555 or by email at [email protected] and provide:

(1) your first and last name;

(2) the time of the public input hearing at which you wish to testify (1 p.m. or 6 p.m.);

(3) the phone number you will be calling from to call into the hearing;

(4) the phone number where you can be reached prior to the hearing, if different;

(5) your address

(6) your email address, if you have one;

(7) whether you require an interpreter to participate in the hearing, and if so, the language of the interpreter; and

(8) whether you consent to have your testimony part of the live stream.

Requests for Interpreters: If you require an interpreter, please pre-register as soon as possible. If you register too close to the hearing date, we may not have enough time to arrange for an interpreter. If you request an interpreter, we will make every reasonable effort to have one present.

Hearing Exhibits: If you have any hearing exhibits to which you will refer during the hearing, please email them to the Judge at [email protected]. She will forward your exhibits to all the parties. Exhibits for the public input hearings must be received by the Judge by Friday, April 26, 2024.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO TESTIFY AT THE PUBLIC INPUT HEARINGS: You are encouraged to observe the live stream of the Harrisburg Public Input Hearings and/or submit written comments to the PUC’s Secretary’s Bureau. To submit written comments, please write the Docket Number(s) on your documents and mail them to:

Secretary

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

400 North Street

Commonwealth Keystone Building, 2nd Floor

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120

Questions?

The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) represents the interests of utility customers before the PUC.  If you have questions about the public input hearings or Veolia's requested rate increase, please contact the OCA toll free at 1-800-684-6560 or by email at [email protected]. The OCA can help customers register for the public input hearings.