Breaking Down the Utility Rate Increase Impact

Cameron --- Engineering firm HDR presented its findings on Cameron’s current utility rate structures for electric, water, and sewer service, and while discussion during the event was muted at best, save some hard questioning from Councilman John Feighert, community response over the event washed over social media in the days since in a torrent.

Given the unenviable duty of passing along bad news, much like an oncologist meeting with a sick patient, HDR’s Shawn Koorn presented a study that identified the current means of charging residential, commercial, and industrial customers for utilities, assessing whether or not the current structure and revenues being produced meets the projected expenses coming down the pike, moist dramatically illustrated by the Great Northwest Missouri Water pipeline going online within the next 6-9 weeks.