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SFPUC lays out budget framework and drought scenarios; staff warns of multi‑million-dollar revenue shortfalls
Summary
SFPUC staff told commissioners on Sept. 8 that drought-driven lower water sales could reduce operating revenue by millions and that the 10‑year capital plan — roughly $8.2 billion — will push debt service higher. Staff recommended a mix of short‑term expenditure controls, reserve use and longer‑term rate design changes.
Eric Sandler, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commissionassistant general manager for business services and chief financial officer, told the commission on Sept. 8 that the agency faces a revenue risk from sustained lower water sales and outlined a three‑scenario analysis to guide the biennial budget.
Sandler said staff modeled "drought ends," "drought continues" and "drought worsens" outcomes and used fiscal year 2017 as a representative year for the analysis. Under the optimistic scenario, staff estimated a roughly $16 million reduction in water enterprise revenue and about $19 million for wastewater; combined impacts across water, wastewater and power were portrayed as roughly 4 percent to 10 percent of projected operating uses in…
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