The City of Northampton will be implementing new fixed charges and tiered volumetric rates for water and sewer customers effective July 1, 2016. We have set up this calculator to allow customers to calculate their estimated water and sewer bills under the new rate structure using one of their previous quarterly bills. Identify your meter size and total water consumption from one of your recent FY2016 quarterly utility bills.
A subsidy is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (or institution, business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy.
The basic characteristic of all subsidies is to reduce the market price of an item below its cost of production. Also called subvention. 2.Indirect financial contribution by a firm to its employees, such as low cost meals or free transportation.Also called benefit.or decades, the federal government has provided a subsidy to corn producers in order to lower the price of corn and products containing corn for consumers.