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SFPUC weighs interim supply allocations and possible surcharge to keep regional deliveries under 265 MGD
Summary
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staff outlined two draft interim supply allocation options and a potential environmental enhancement surcharge to enforce a 265 million‑gallon‑per‑day cap through 2018; wholesale customers urged changes to protect contractual guarantees and low‑use cities.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spent the bulk of its meeting reviewing proposed interim supply allocations and the mechanics of an environmental enhancement surcharge intended to keep combined deliveries from the Hetch Hetchy watersheds below 265 million gallons per day through 2018. Assistant General Manager for Water Steve Ritchie and CFO Todd Reestrom presented draft approaches and how a surcharge would be applied.
The presentation reiterated the commission’s 2008 limit of 265 MGD, assigned San Francisco 81 MGD and wholesale customers 184 MGD under the 2009 Water Supply Agreement, and explained that staff has produced two draft allocation methods: one based on customer 2018 purchase projections and a second that…
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