OPINION — Water and wastewater rate adjustments to Sun City West are proposed by EPCOR Arizona Utilities and approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The last wastewater system adjustment, an increase of about 20% for Sun City West, was approved under a consolidation of systems procedure.
This was an excessive rate increase for Sun City West that gives us some of the highest wastewater rates in the state for medium-size utility service.
At the last hearing, commissioners Kevin Thompson and Nick Myers voted to approve the new wastewater rates. They are up for reinstatement this year. I, and hopefully others, will not be voting for them.
