State regulators on Thursday rejected Scranton’s try for reconsideration of Pennsylvania American Water Co.’s rate hike.
The Public Utility Commission’s 5-0 decision means the $99.3 million water and sewage disposal rate hikes will stay intact. The commission voted without comment.
In the Aug. 7 reconsideration request, city solicitor Jessica Eskra contended the rate hikes shouldn’t go into effect in the state’s northeast until the commission finishes its investigation into complaints of unaffordable, dirty, cloudy, smelly and rust-contaminated and otherwise deficient water…