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GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION IN RE: ) Docket No. 609 ) Order No. 25/2012 RELEASE OF ESCROW FUNDS ) FOR BILLING DISPUTES ) RELATED TO THE WATER ) AND POWER AUTHORITY ) ) ORDER WHEREAS, pursuant to the PSC’s enabling statues codified in Title 30 of the Virgin Islands Code, and based upon the Rules and Regulations of the Water and Power Authority (hereinafter “WAPA” or “Authority”), it was the practice and policy of the PSC to oversee the settlement of customer disputes for billing and service issues; and WHEREAS, pending resolution of such disputes, the Commission required rate payers to pay to the Authority the amount of their bill that was not contested, and deposit the disputed balance in an escrow account established by the PSC; and WHEREAS, on March 26, 2012, in the case of PSC v. the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, Supreme Court Civil No. …
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GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION IN RE: ) Docket No. 609 ) Order No. 25/2012 RELEASE OF ESCROW FUNDS ) FOR BILLING DISPUTES ) RELATED TO THE WATER ) AND POWER AUTHORITY ) ) ORDER WHEREAS, pursuant to the PSC’s enabling statues codified in Title 30 of the Virgin Islands Code, and based upon the Rules and Regulations of the Water and Power Authority (hereinafter “WAPA” or “Authority”), it was the practice and policy of the PSC to oversee the settlement of customer disputes for billing and service issues; and WHEREAS, pending resolution of such disputes, the Commission required rate payers to pay to the Authority the amount of their bill that was not contested, and deposit the disputed balance in an escrow account established by the PSC; and WHEREAS, on March 26, 2012, in the case of PSC v. the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, Supreme Court Civil No. 2001-0010, the Virgin Islands Supreme Court held that the Virgin Islands Public Services Commission (hereinafter “Commission” or “PSC”) lacked jurisdiction to resolve billing complaints between the Authority and its customers; and WHEREAS, on May 8, 2012, the Commission met in Regular Session at the Commission’s Conference Room located at 1003 Estate Ross/Barbel Plaza, Suite #4, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; and WHEREAS, in order to comply with the Supreme Court’s March 26, 2012, decision, the Commission voted to return all funds held in escrow relating to billing and service disputes between the Authority and its customers, to the customers it had collected said funds; and