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PUC outlines flat operating budget but proposes multi-year water rate increases to meet capital needs
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission presented a mostly flat operating budget May 21 and defended proposed water and wastewater rate increases to fund long-term capital projects, conservation programs and customer-facing technology, while offering targeted low-income assistance measures.
The Public Utilities Commission told the Board of Supervisors’ Budget & Finance Committee on May 21 that its operating budget is largely flat while capital needs are driving proposed rate increases set to take effect July 1, 2009. "Our operating budget is basically flat and we're looking at revenue-funded capital going up," said Mister Harrington, general manager of the PUC, describing a multiyear plan to rebuild aging water and wastewater infrastructure.
The PUC said the proposed rate path is intended to support the Water System Improvement Program and other capital projects rather than growing operating costs. Harrington said the typical single-family household would face an average bill increase equivalent to about 32¢ a day next year and that single-family bills would rise roughly 10% per year over five years under the proposal; multifamily…
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