NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Florida Public Service Commission that Utilities, Inc. of Florida’s Petition for Variance or Waiver of a specific provision from Rule 25-30.437(3), Florida Administrative Code, filed October 10, 2016, in Docket No. 160101-WS – Application for increase in water and wastewater rates in Charlotte, Highlands, Lake, Lee, Marion, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Seminole Counties by Utilities, Inc. of Florida, was approved by the Commission by Order No. PSC-16-0530-PAA-WS issued November 22, 2016. The rule addresses the requirement to provide additional detailed billing analyses for each rate change period in the test year. The petition was approved on the basis that the purpose of the underlying statute would be achieved by other means and application of the rule would create substantial hardship. Notice of the petition was published in the Florida Administrative Register on October 12, 2016. A copy of the Order can be obtained from the Office of Commission Clerk, 2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0850, (850)413-6770.
