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With construction continuing on Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) Water Treatment Facility, water will be supplied from the 32nd Avenue Pump House rather than the Water Treatment Facility from Monday, December 15th through Wednesday, December 17th.

With construction started on Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) Water Treatment Facility, water will be supplied from the 32nd Avenue Pump House rather than the Water Treatment Facility from Tuesday, October 21st through Friday, October 24th.

Spencer Municipal Utilities is continuing to expand fiber to the home communication services throughout Spencer after the Board of Trustees awarded a contract at their meeting last week. A project that was announced last year is being finished up that will serve approximately 700 customers and work will begin early this fall on an approximate $4.5 million project for nearly 2,000 additional homes and businesses in Spencer.

The latest edition of Spencer Municipal Utilities’ annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality has been prepared and is being distributed electronically again this year at www.smunet.net/2014ccr.php. This is the second year for electronic distribution, rather than mailing directly to customers.

The Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) Board of Trustees approved a communication rate increase at their April board meeting. The rates will change beginning June 1, 2014. Basic Plus will be $50.75 per month, SD Plus will be $9.00 per month, HBO will be $15.00 per month, Residential Broadband will be $40.00 per month, Residential Broadband Plus will be $45.00 per month and Residential Broadband Premiere will be $55.00 per month.

Most Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) residential customers have noticed an increase on their electric bills this year compared to last year due to the cold temperatures we’ve been experiencing.

The American Public Power Association (APPA) distributed their 2012 electric rate study earlier this week and Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) residential electric customers paid the lowest rate of any residential customer in the state of Iowa in 2012 at 6.8 cents per kilowatt hour. The data used in the study is what each utility reports to the Department of Energy and it is the average revenue per kilowatt hour.

The latest edition of Spencer Municipal Utilities’ annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality has been prepared and is being distributed electronically this year at www.smunet.net/2013ccr.php. This is the first year for electronic distribution, rather than mailing directly to customers.

Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) Board of Trustees has approved a water and electric rate increase effective June 1, 2013. The increases, which were approved at the board’s April meeting, are designed to pay for costs of repairs and maintenance needed on the water and electric systems.