Norwich Public Utilities presented a $107.8 million proposed 2023-24 budget Tuesday that is being impacted by the cost of energy and major capital projects, and supply chain problems. NPU administrators presented the budget to the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners. The board will vote on the budget in April or May. The $107.8 million budget, with a $6.6 million, 6.5% increase over this year’s budget, covers all four of NPU’s services _ electric, natural gas, water and sewer. Wholesale natural gas prices are budgeted to drop by $1.8 million. The total gas budget of $20.7 million is down by $2.5 million from this year. The water division budget of $11.2 million has a $180,546 increase over this year, and the sewer budget is up by $189,131 over this year to a total of $9.28 million.
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