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The Board of Public Utilities have set Monday, May 3 and Tuesday, May 4 aside for public hearings concerning proposed changes and revisions to the utility's water and electric rates.

The public hearings will begin Monday at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, they'll pick back up at 9 a.m. The hearings will offer the public to comment and will be held at BPU's Administrative Building, 540 Minnesota Ave.

Proposed rate increases would be geared towards increasing revenue.

More on the public hearings from a BPU release:

Affected parties wishing to intervene can appear at the public hearings, present testimony of witnesses under oath, conduct cross examination of employees and representatives of the BPU, present oral arguments and file written briefs in support of a position.  However, these parties must file a petition for intervention pursuant to the Rules of Procedure for Rate Increase Hearing forty five (45) days prior to the scheduled hearing date and file and serve exhibits, list of witnesses, and summaries of testimony and evidence at least thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled hearing date.