Jacksonville residents are invited next month to give the JEA Board of Directors their thoughts on a proposal to lower the sewage rate for certain new commercial customers.
As JEA CFO Melissa Dykes explained to the board Tuesday, the special limited sewer rate would apply only to very large businesses coming into the area.
“[This would] allow us to recognize the value that a very large wastewater customer — in excess of a million gallons a day — would bring to the business that could only be implemented when certain criteria is met like jobs brought to the region,” Dykes said.
The special rate would not apply to existing customers unless they were to create a significant number of new jobs, according to Dykes.
A similar rate based on economic development impact already applies to electricity usage.
The public will have the opportunity to weigh in on the proposal at the JEA board meeting on February 20th.
Contact reporter Cyd Hoskinson at choskinson@wjct.org, 904-358-6351 and on Twitter @cydwjctnews.
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