{"id":407,"date":"2023-01-07T12:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwills4shores.com\/?p=407"},"modified":"2024-01-08T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T20:53:53","slug":"who-knew-utility-billing_2022-12-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rwills4shores.com\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"* Who Knew \u2013 Utility Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is intended to help clarify the Ocean Shores utility bill. Many residents mistakenly believe their utility bill<\/em> is a water bill. People keep saying \u201cmy water bill is\u2026\u201d.\u00a0The utility bill includes fees for all four utilities: ambulance, sewer, stormwater and potable water.<\/p>\n

A single combined utility bill is sent because it is significantly more cost effective to send one combined utility bill<\/em><\/strong> instead of four individual utility bills. Stated another way, each utility bill<\/em> captures all four (ambulance, sewer, stormwater and potable water) utilities the city collects fees for. See the utility bill snippet below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nPer 2 months<\/strong><\/td>\nPer 1 month<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ambulance: Ambulance Residential<\/td>\n$56.32<\/td>\n28.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sewer Flat: C1\/C2 Res Swr<\/td>\n$43.80<\/td>\n21.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storm: C1\/C2 Storm Drain<\/td>\n$17.55<\/td>\n8.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water Consumption: Residential 5\/8″ Consumption<\/td>\n$16.61<\/td>\n8.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water Flat: C1\/C2 5\/8″ MTR<\/td>\n$61.48<\/td>\n30.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Summary<\/strong><\/td>\n$195.76<\/strong><\/td>\n97.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ocean Shores bills for utilities every two months creating an illusion that we are paying extremely high utility rates. NOTE: The 1-month column in the snippet shown is not part of a normal utility bill. It was added to emphasize the actual monthly<\/strong> utility fees.<\/em><\/p>\n