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SFPUC reports fiscal-year surplus, commissioners press for earlier public input on rates
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on Sept. 24 reported preliminary year‑end operating surpluses across enterprises and outlined a two‑year budget process that staff said will include four January hearings and spring rate adoption, while commissioners pressed for earlier public engagement on rate tradeoffs.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on Sept. 24 reported preliminary year‑end operating surpluses across its enterprises and laid out a budget development timetable that will culminate in January budget hearings and a Board of Supervisors review later in the year.
Anna Dooning, budget director at the SFPUC, told commissioners the commission is projecting positive operating results across water, wastewater, power and the CleanPowerSF program for the fiscal year that ended June 30. "In water, we're projecting around $18,000,000 in surplus funding at year end," Dooning said, and she cited stronger‑than‑expected revenues, higher interest earnings and some operational savings as reasons for the results.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the numbers will inform rate and capital choices that affect San Francisco households. Several commissioners and members of the public pushed staff to present budget tradeoffs and community outreach earlier than the…
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