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Edison Company filed with the State Corporation Commission of Virginia an application requesting a $3,825,380 permanent increase in its rates and charges for electric service. The Commission has suspended the effective date of the proposed rate changes and has scheduled a public hearing on the application in its Courtroom in the Blanton Building, Richmond, Virginia, commencing at 10:00 a.m. on October 4, 1977.
The application seeks a permanent rate increase above the level of existing rates and seeks to make permanent the existing temporary rate increase heretofore authorized by the Commission to become effective May 1, 1977. Copies of the application and the proposed schedule of rates and charges may be reviewed in the Clerk's Office of the Commission or at any office of the Company where bills may be paid.
On or before August 1, 1977, the Company will file with the Clerk of the Commission ten copies of the prepared testimony and exhibits of each witness it intends to present in direct testimony in support of Company's application. Copies of all such testimony and exhibits will be available for review on and after August 1, 1977, in the Clerk's Office of the Commission or at any office of the Company where bills may be paid.
On or before August 15, 1977, all persons who expect to submit evidence at the public hearing as a party Protestant, and to cross-examine Company witnesses, must file and serve a Notice of Protest in conformity with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
On or before September 15, 1977, the Commision's Staff and all persons who have filed a Notice of Protest and who still expect to participate at the hearing as a party Protestant must file ten copies of all prepared testimony and exhibits of the witnesses to be offered at the hearing, and shall serve a copy thereof upon counsel for the Company and upon all other Protestants requesting same. Not later than said September 15, 1977, all Protestants also shall have filed a written Protest as required by Commission
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