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Supervisors back charter amendment to create independent ratepayer advocate for water rates
Summary
The board voted to submit a charter amendment that would create an independent Office of the Ratepayer Advocate to review Public Utilities Commission rate proposals and related matters; the vote was 8–3.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 16 voted 8–3 to submit a charter amendment creating an Office of the Independent Ratepayer Advocate to evaluate utility rate proposals from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) from the ratepayer perspective.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin introduced the proposal, saying the office would be “charged with evaluating the efficiency, equity and fiscal…
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