Articles About utility rates

• Village Council plans utility increases

  By Jessica ThomasFebruary 13, 2023

  

  The ordinances include new proposals for rates, which would increase steadily over the course of five years — 3% per year for electricity, 5% per year for sewer and 8% per year for water.

• Village Council — More cases for Mayor’s Court

  By Megan BachmanOctober 18, 2018

  

  After several years of community discussion, a plan to hear more cases in the local Mayor’s Court was approved by Council at its October 2 meeting.

• Village Council — Late fees to be forgiven

  By Megan BachmanJuly 19, 2018

  

  One time each year, the Village of Yellow Springs will forgive the late fee on a resident’s utility bill if the resident asks for forgiveness.

• Council eyes strategies for utility bill relief

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 26, 2018

  

  At their April 16 meeting, Village Council members heard a report on ways Village government could offer relief to local residents struggling to pay utility bills.

• Village Council eyes utility safety nets

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 15, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s March 5 meeting, Council members Lisa Kreeger and Marianne MacQueen proposed a two-pronged initiative to address local affordability in the context of current financial realities.

• Utility bill assistance urged

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 8, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s Feb. 20 meeting, Council member Lisa Kreeger urged her colleagues to take action to help villagers struggling to pay their utility bills.

• Utility bills spark upset

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 1, 2018

  

  Out of the village’s 2,200 households, almost 10 percent, or about 200, received letters this month warning of an impending utilities shut-off if the bill is not paid.