SIMI VALLEY : Water Company to Raise Rates by 5%
The Southern California Water Co. has won approval to increase rates in the Simi Valley District by 5%, beginning Jan. 1.
The state Public Utilities Commission this week authorized the rate increase for the company, which serves about 12,000 residents in and near Simi Valley.
On the average, customers will have to pay about $1.26 more each month, company officials said. The typical customer now pays $24.54 for 2,170 cubic feet of water a month.
Company officials said the rates were increased to pay for the rising cost of the water.
The city’s other water purveyor, Calleguas Municipal Water District, serves most of the city’s 100,000 residents.
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