PIERRE — Will Pierre utility rates need to increase in the coming years? That is the question the Pierre City Commission hopes Missouri River Energy Services can answer. The Commission last week approved rate studies for water, wastewater and electricity. City Utilities Director Brad Palmer says the studies are done every five years…
The electric study will cost the city 22-thousand dollar but M-R-E-S will cover half of that cost. The water rate study is 13-thousand 500-dollars and the wastewater rate study is 11-thousand 500 dollars. Palmer says the last study called for no increase in electric or wastewater rates for five years…
Since the last rate studies were completed Pierre has built a nearly 38-million dollar drinking water treatment plant and other utility projects are underway…
M-R-E-S has conducted the last two rate studies for Pierre.
