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GRANTVILLE — The city runs its own water, sewer, electric and natural gas systems and bills for garbage. Each service sits in an enterprise fund that is supposed to pay for itself. In the year that ended Sept. 30, 2025, the utilities as a group did not: they billed customers about $3.95 million and spent about $4.28 million to run, an operating loss of roughly $328,000, according to the audited financial statements the Ledger previously reported. Most of that hole was water and sewer. Electric still showed a thin operating profit after a sharp drop from the year before. This tracker follows rates, MEAG power costs and what council does when the books and the bills diverge.
Background
Grantville is a full-service utility town. Electric supply comes through agreements with the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG); the FY2025 audit says MEAG sets rates to cover its costs. The city’s Utilities page points residents to the PSC residential electric rate survey for comparisons. Gas bills have drawn enough complaints that the city keeps a “why are natural gas bills so high?” explainer on the same page.
Water and sewer are the stress point on paper. Before depreciation, the Ledger’s audit read showed water and sewer still slightly short of breaking even; after depreciation the operating loss was about $311,530. SPLOST-funded pipe and plant work has been transferred onto the water/sewer books in prior years — new assets, not cash from monthly bills. Electric’s operating income fell from about $236,000 in FY2024 to about $21,000 in FY2025. The General Fund still draws some support from utility transfers; in FY2025 nearly all of the outbound utility transfer came from electric.
None of that, by itself, sets your current bill. Posted rate schedules and any temporary riders live on the city site. This tracker will note council votes that change rates when the minutes and resolutions are public.
Latest developments
Nov. 5, 2026 — Ledger opens this utilities tracker alongside the water quality tracker, pointing readers to the FY2025 audit summary already published as a news feature and to the city’s rate and MEAG-related links. No new rate ordinance was located in today’s pass.
FY2025 audit (filed 2026) — Clean opinion with a repeated material-weakness finding on financial reporting controls; utilities swung to an operating loss. Details and year-over-year comparison live on Fiscal Watch and in Where your utility bill goes.
What it means for residents
Your monthly bill is the practical intersection of city rate schedules, MEAG and gas wholesale costs, and how much water and power you use. The audit explains why the enterprise funds look strained; it does not automatically mean a rate hike tomorrow. When council sets or changes rates, or when MEAG pass-throughs show up in packets, that is news — and it will be logged here with a date and a link to the vote.
For quality and drought questions, use the Water tracker. For property tax millage, use Fiscal Watch. Send rate PDFs or bill notices to tips@grantvilleledger.com.
Unverified / open: Exact current residential rate tiers are not reprinted here — confirm on the city’s “See Utility Rates” link; any private MEAG study figures quoted in data-center debates belong on the Development tracker until a utility rate vote lands.
Rates & the monthly bill
What’s happening
Posted rate schedules and riders live on the city Utilities page. The Ledger’s utility-bill explainer walks through water, sewer, electric, gas and garbage line items from the FY2025 audit.
Latest developments
No new rate ordinance located as of Nov. 5, 2026. Confirm current tiers on the city’s “See Utility Rates” link.
What it means for residents
Your bill is where wholesale power/gas costs and city enterprise losses show up as dollars. Watch council packets for rate hearings.
Shutoffs & collections
What’s happening
The city posts utility policies and contact numbers on its Utilities pages. Verified shutoff moratoria, payment plans and collection changes will be logged here with a source link.
Latest developments
No separate citywide shutoff notice is logged for Nov. 5, 2026.
What it means for residents
If you receive a shutoff warning, call the number on the notice first and keep a copy. Send the Ledger the dated notice to add it here.
Note: Property tax millage belongs on Fiscal, not on this page. Water quality and boil notices belong on Water.