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SFPUC adopts four‑year water and wastewater rates and new capacity charges starting July 1, 2018
Summary
After public hearings and review by the Rate Fairness Board, the SFPUC approved a four‑year schedule of retail water and wastewater rates, a new wastewater fixed charge and increased water capacity charges; staff said capital financing, not operations, explains most of the increase and the commission found mailed protests did not constitute a majority under Prop 218.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on April 10 adopted a four‑year schedule of retail water and wastewater rates and revisions to water and wastewater capacity charges to take effect with meter readings on or after July 1, 2018.
Eric Sandler, SFPUC assistant general manager and CFO, said the rate package is grounded in a charter‑required independent cost‑of‑service study and must comply with Proposition 218 procedural rules on notice and protest. Sandler told the commission that roughly 80 percent of the four‑year revenue increase is driven by capital costs and debt service for projects in the agency’s 10‑year capital plan and that staff revised sales volume assumptions using meter‑level data and a conservative 0.5% annual reduction in water sales.
Key design changes include a new fixed…
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