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Parlier council orders water-rate study after heated debate over rate hikes and city solar system
Summary
Council directed staff to commission a defensible water-rate study and to investigate the city’s solar system after residents and council members challenged recent increases and the resolution language justifying them; staff said tiered rates are legally possible but require a detailed cost-of-service analysis and public engagement.
The Parlier City Council voted to commission a detailed water-rate study and to direct the acting city manager to check the city’s solar installation after a prolonged debate about recent increases on residents’ bills.
Javier (staff) and consultant Vikram Shaffer told the council that tiered and volumetric rate structures are permissible under state law, including the constraints of Proposition 218 and relevant sections of the California Water Code, but that tiered pricing is harder to legally justify and requires a cost-of-service study and careful documentation.…
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