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PUC staff proposes $2.80 wholesale water rate, trigger mechanism and environmental surcharge; hearing set for May 10
Summary
Staff recommended continuing the current wholesale rate methodology and proposed raising treated‑water wholesale rates to about $2.80 per 100 cubic feet, a trigger to increase rates if deliveries drop, and a tiered environmental surcharge to fund environmental enhancements; public hearing and adoption scheduled for May 10.
PUC staff on April 12 presented proposed wholesale treated‑water rates and an environmental surcharge the commission will consider for adoption on May 10.
Assistant General Manager and CFO Todd Reedstrom said staff reviewed three alternatives that produced the same wholesale revenue requirement and recommended continuing the current rate‑setting approach. Under staff’s proposal, wholesale rates would rise to about $2.80 per 100 cubic feet to recover prior undercollections (staff described $25 million to be recovered over the…
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