[alejo]

Water used to be managed by a local cool here where I live. I had been for decades.

A few months ago i got an email saying that PE had acquired it.

I was paying between ~$25/month before. Today i got the first bill from new management for $89.

Same volume/usage, nothing significantly different.

Sigh.

[patmorgan23]

Definitely complain to you local water/utility regulator, and your state representative.

[bitmasher9]

Regional regulators have to approve the transfer of ownership of water utilities. The best time to fight this sort of thing is as early as possible.

[alejo]

I had no idea about any of this. I’ll talk with my neighbors and see if there’s anything we could do