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SFPUC rate study flags affordability, water budgets and possible stormwater fee
Summary
At a workshop the SFPUC presented a 10-year rate study showing capital needs drive most proposed increases and asked commissioners for guidance on rate design, affordability metrics, water budgets and incentives such as a stormwater fee or conservation charge.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staff on Wednesday presented a draft five-year and 10-year rate study that emphasizes the agency’s capital-investment needs and seeks policy guidance on affordability and rate design.
"About 75 percent of all the rate increase that's needed is to pay for capital investment," Todd Reichdrum, Assistant General Manager and CFO, told commissioners as staff closed the technical work and opened a policy conversation. The draft projects average household increases of…
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