CFPUA customers will see another increase in rates

Customers of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority will likely be seeing another increase in their rates this year. Members of the Authority held the first of two work sessions Wednesday night and told attendees they have a six million dollar debt payment that needs to be made this year. The board discussed several different options at the workshop with rate increases ranging anywhere from ten to fifteen percent. Another option would raise rates based on consumption. A public hearing on the proposed increases will be held on March ninth. The board will likely make their vote sometime in April.