Regulatory Commission of Alaska

Public Comment for TA168-126 by Rebekah McClain

An 8% increase may seem like a pittance to those who approved this, but for a struggling family, that's a gallon of milk or a pound of chicken their children won't have the benefit of.

An 8% increase may seem like a pittance to those who approved this, but for a small business owner, that's 1 less hour they can pay an employee. For that employee, it may be the difference between paying all their bills or skipping one.

Most of this money isn't going to come from people who are already stretched thin or tapping every resource available to them. It will end up coming from the government, which means it will end up coming from the tax payers, which means people who are already stretched thin or tapping every resource they can will need more support because they have to pay more taxes, and that support will come from the government, which means it will come from the tax payers, who are already stretched thin or tapping every resource...

Increasing rates at this time is, I believe, an excellent way to ensure recovery from the recent damage to our economy will be as slow and arduous as possible.

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Comments

Date Filed

1/5/2021

Tracking Number

TR2100042

Filed By

Rebekah McClain

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TA168-126	Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility - Wastewater - Revenue Requirement Study

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