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SFPUC adopts modest wholesale water rate increase for FY26, cites smoothing strategy
Summary
The commission approved a 2.3% wholesale water rate increase to $5.80 per CCF for FY 2025–26; staff said the rise reflects revenue‑funded capital, debt service and operating costs and uses a balancing account to smooth future changes.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted to adopt wholesale water rates for fiscal year 2025–26 that increase the wholesale commodity rate to $5.80 per hundred cubic feet, a 2.3% change from the current rate.
Matthew Freiberg, the PUC’s rates manager, explained the annual rate‑setting methodology: calculate the wholesale revenue requirement (the wholesale share of operating and capital costs), subtract projected fixed revenues, apply the balancing account and…
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