UPDATE: Middlesex Water Company Files for Rate Increase

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Middlesex Water Company,
MSEX
today filed a request with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) for a general increase in water rates for its Middlesex system in New Jersey. The Company is requesting an increase of approximately 17.47% or, $11.3 million over current revenues, to support its ongoing capital program and to cover costs of increases in chemicals, fuel, electricity, taxes, labor, benefits and other operating and maintenance expenses. If the increase were granted in its entirety as requested, a typical residential customer using 19,500 gallons of water per quarter would see their bill increase by $22.75 per quarter, or $0.25 per day. "A safe and plentiful supply of water is essential to public health, public safety and a sound local economy and delivering quality drinking water is our utmost priority," said Dennis W. Doll, Middlesex Water President and CEO. "There is the continued need to maintain compliance with current and anticipated federal and state standards for water quality, to upgrade and replace aging infrastructure and to meet the overall needs of our customers for service and reliability. We work hard on an ongoing basis to meet those needs while focusing on controlling our costs and the impact those costs have on our customers' water bills. Critical and necessary system improvements, which amount to almost $36.0 million since January 2010, along with rising operating costs, are the main factors driving the need for this rate increase request," said Doll. Upon filing of this rate increase request, the proposal will next be reviewed, analyzed and investigated by the BPU and various other government entities. The thorough process includes a public hearing on this matter, which will be held in the company's service area before a decision is made. Middlesex Water Company (the Middlesex system), organized in 1897, presently serves 60,000 retail customers in the Townships of Woodbridge, Edison, the Borough of South Plainfield, Carteret, Metuchen, the City of South Amboy, the Township of Clark and the Town of Fortescue in Downe Township in Cumberland County, NJ. The Company also provides service under contract to the Boroughs of Highland Park and Sayreville, the Old Bridge Municipal Utilities Authority, the Township of Marlboro, the City of Rahway and the Township of East Brunswick.
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