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Water, Sewer & Storm Water Rate Board

2023 TAP-R Reconciliation Proceeding

On June 21, 2023, the Water, Sewer, and Storm Water Rate Board filed its official determination on the Rate Adjustments proposed by the Philadelphia Water Department for the 2023 fiscal year. Read the official Determination →

On January 24, 2023, the Philadelphia Water Department filed Advance Notice of the Department’s proposed changes to its Tiered Assistance Program Rate Rider Surcharge rates (TAP-R), proposed to become effective September 1, 2023.On February 23, 2023, the Department filed Formal Notice of these proposed changes. Find the complete filing and discovery proceeding in the document tables below.

Participating in this Proceeding

Persons affected by the rates may become participants in this annual reconciliation proceeding to consider changes to TAP-R by sending their names, addresses, email addresses and on whose behalf they are participating by March 6, 2023 to:

TAP-R Reconciliation Proceeding
Water Rate Board, ℅ Steven Liang
City of Philadelphia Law Dept.
1515 Arch St., 17th Fl.
Philadelphia, PA 19102

or WaterRateBoard@phila.gov.

Advance Notice of Filing

Title Description Category Author Date Format
Advance Notice of Proposed Changes in Rates and Charges - Annual Adjustment of TAP-R, Preliminary Proposed TAP-R Reconciliation Statement PDF Notice PWD January 24, 2023

Discovery

Title Description Category Author Date Format
Public Advocate’s Interrogatories & Requests for Production of Documents - Set I PDF Interrogatories Public Advocate February 21, 2023
Response to Public Advocate’s Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents – Set I PDF Response PWD February 27, 2023
PWD Response to Public Advocate’s Interrogatories & Requests for Production of Documents – Set I PDF Response PWD March 23, 2023
Response Attachment to Public Advocate’s Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents – Set I Question 1A PDF Response Attachment PWD February 27, 2023
Response Attachment to Public Advocate’s Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents – Set I Question 1A Workbook xlsx Response Attachment PWD February 27, 2023
Response Attachment to Public Advocate’s Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents – Set I Question 1B xls Response Attachment PWD February 27, 2023
Response Attachment to Public Advocate’s Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents – Set I Question 2 xlsx Response Attachment PWD February 27, 2023
Response Attachment to Public Advocate’s Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents – Set I Question 3 xlsx Response Attachment PWD February 27, 2023
Public Advocate's Responses to PWD Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents PDF Response Public Advocate March 28, 2023
Response Attachment to PWD Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents - Set I Question 1A xlsx Response Attachment Public Advocate March 28, 2023
Response Attachment to PWD Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents - Set I Question 2 xlsx Response Attachment Public Advocate March 28, 2023
PWD Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents to PLUG Set I PDF Interrogatories PWD March 23, 2023

Formal Notice

Motions and Procedural Orders

Title Description Category Author Date Format
Pre-Hearing Conference Order PDF Order Hearing Officer March 7, 2023

Participant Testimony

Title Description Category Author Date Format
Direct Testimony of Lafayette K. Morgan on Behalf of Public Advocate PDF Testimony Public Advocate March 21, 2023

Public & Technical Hearing

Title Description Category Author Date Format
TAP-R Public and Technical Hearing - April 11, 2023 Recording PWD April 12, 2023
Cross Examination Matrix PDF Miscellaneous PWD April 7, 2023
Combined Public and Technical Hearing Transcript PDF Transcript April 24, 2023

Settlement

Title Description Category Author Date Format
Draft Joint Petition for Settlement of TAP-R Proceeding PDF Draft Settlement Agreement PWD and Public Advocate April 10, 2023
TAP-R Joint Settlement Agreement PDF Settlement PWD and Public Advocate April 18, 2023
Lance Haver Opposition to Proposed Settlement PDF Statement Lance Haver April 26, 2023

Participant Briefs

Title Description Category Author Date Format
PWD Main Brief PDF Brief PWD April 20, 2023
Public Advocate Letter in Lieu of Brief PDF Brief Public Advocate April 20, 2023

Hearing Officer Report & Exceptions

Title Description Category Author Date Format
TAP-R Hearing Officer Report PDF Report Marlane R. Chestnut May 8, 2023

Rate Determination

Title Description Category Author Date Format
Rate Determination in 2023 TAP-R Reconciliation Proceeding PDF Board Decision Water Rate Board June 21, 2023

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