Grant PUD notes increase in late payments

Grant Public Utility District has seen a large increase in overdue accounts since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

In January of 2020, before the pandemic, Grant PUD had just 39 residential customers in the 90-days-or-more overdue category, amounting to $1,012 in outstanding payments, Chief Customer Officer Dave Churchman told commissioners at their March 23 meeting.

In February of 2021, just over a...