HomeMy WebLinkAbout098-21 (ShenValleyElectricCoopRateIncreaseApp)BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
June 9, 2021
WHEREAS, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative provides electric service to
County residents; and
WHEREAS, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative has filed with the State
Corporation Commission an application, docketed as Case Number PUR-2021-00054,
for an overall increase in its rates, such increase proposed to be approximately 2.64%;
and
WHEREAS, energy costs represent a significant burden to County residents and
businesses; and
WHEREAS, participation by the Board of Supervisors as a respondent in State
Corporation Commission Case Number PUR-2021-00054 would be beneficial toward
ensuring fair and reasonable electricity service rates for County residents and
businesses served by Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Supervisors
authorizes the filing by the County Attorney on its behalf of a Notice of Participation as a
Respondent in State Corporation Commission Case Number PUR-2021-00054 and the
taking of such actions as are appropriate in such proceeding toward ensuring fair and
reasonable electricity service rates for County residents and businesses served by
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative.
Adopted this 91h day of June, 2021.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr., Chairman Aye Shawn L. Graber Aye
J. Douglas McCarthy Aye Robert W. Wells Aye
Blaine P. Dunn Aye David D. Stegmaier Aye
Judith McCann -Slaughter Aye
Res. No. 098-21
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A COPY ATTEST
Kris C. Tierney
Clerk
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
MEMORANDUM
COUNTY OF FREDERICK
Roderick B. Williams
County Attorney
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TO. The Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board of Supervisors
FROM; Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney
DATE: June 4, 2021
RE: Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative rate increase application
I received, on May 19, an Order for Notice and Hearing entered by the State Corporation
Commission (SCC), formally informing of a rate increase application by Shenandoah Valley
Electric Cooperative (SVEC). SVEC provides electric service to over half the geographic area of
the County, including a substantial portion of the County west of Interstate 81. The SCC
indicates that the requested increase would represent a monthly bill increase of $298, from
$113.07 to $116.05, or 2.64%, for the "typical residential customer" using 1,000 kilowatt-hours
of electricity each month.
The County has in the past participated in these cases and my recommendation is that
participation again, in the current case, would be appropriate, especially given the reach of
SVEC's service in the County and the corresponding Iarge role of the County's SVEC ratepayers
relative to SVEC as a whole (SVEC has more meters — accounts — in Frederick County than in
any of the other 12 counties/cities it serves). The Commission has ordered that notices of
participation are due for filing with the SCC by July 9, 2021. Therefore, the Board's June 9
meeting is its last scheduled meeting before notices of participation are due. Accordingly, a
proposed resolution authorizing County participation in the proceeding is attached and Board
approval of the proposed resolution is requested.
Attachment
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