RISING COSTS MAY HIKE BWP UTILITY RATES.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. - The board of Burbank Water and Power is considering raising utility rates to help offset the rising costs of natural gas and water, officials said. The plan, introduced during a board meeting Thursday Thursday: see week. night, recommends rate increases of 3.5 percent for power and 4.8 percent for water. That could push the average resident's monthly bill up between $2 and $4. Currently, residents pay an average $63 a month for electricity and $36 a month for water, officials said. BWP BWP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Botswana Pula. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. officials say the hikes are needed as the cost of natural gas is projected to rise to $82.8 million in fiscal 2006-07, up from $61.7 million last fiscal year. Water costs are expected to hit $9.4 million this fiscal year, up from $8.7 million last fiscal year, officials said. "Unfortunately, we have to raise rates," said Joanne Joanne is a common given name for females, being a variant of Joanna, the feminine form of John and is derived from the Latin name Johanna and has a hebrew meaning of "God is Gracious" People with the given name Joanne:
1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have not our preference, but we have to." Natural gas is used to fuel city-owned power plants and those of out-of-state energy suppliers, Fletcher said. The municipal utility, which has an annual budget of $300 million, provides power and water for 45,000 households and 6,000 businesses in the city. The last time the city raised rates was in 2001 after the state's energy crisis. Utility bills jumped 10 percent, officials said. The seven-member advisory BWP board got a glimpse of the proposed rate hikes as the BWP presented an overview of its budget for the next year. Board members will continue to study the proposed rate hikes at their next meeting May 4. If they vote to recommend the increases, the issue will go before the City Council for consideration. The council is expected to take up the issue next month. If approved by the council, new rates could go into effect as early as July 1, officials said. "I don't have enough information on this yet," Burbank Councilman David Gordon David Gordon may refer to:
Ruth Beekman, 90, said any rate hikes would pinch pinch, n a small amount of chewing tobacco (snuff) an individual takes to use the substance for its desired effect. A “pinch” is called a quid in Britain. her already tight budget. Beekman, whose husband died 15 years ago, said she lives on $1,300 a month. "It will make a little difference," said the retired schoolteacher, who has no mortgage payment on her nearly 2,000-square-foot home with a pool. Any raise now makes a difference, but I think I will be able to do it." jason.kandel@dailynews.com (818) 546-3306 |
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