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Municipal Utility Rate Structures

South Bay Water Recycling. Municipal Utility Rate Structures. Workshop 3: Understanding Wholesale and Retail Recycled Water Costs, Distinct Customer Classes, Revenue Requirements, and Recycled Water Rates . Eric Hansen, P.E. Capital Planning Program

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Municipal Utility Rate Structures

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  1. South Bay Water Recycling Municipal Utility Rate Structures Workshop 3: Understanding Wholesale and Retail Recycled Water Costs, Distinct Customer Classes, Revenue Requirements, and Recycled Water Rates Eric Hansen, P.E. Capital Planning Program CPUC Recycled Water Order Instituting Rulemaking (R. 10-11-014) San Francisco January 20, 2012

  2. Rate ≠ Cost Rate ≠ Cost

  3. SBWR Transmission Pump Station

  4. SBWR System • 120 Mile Pipeline • 4 Pump Stations • 2 Reservoirs 9.5MG • 615 Customers • 10 MGD or 10K AFY • 3 Billion Gallons

  5. South San Francisco Bay (Silicon Valley) Dumbarton Bridge Artesian Slough (Discharge) San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant

  6. SBWR System and Potential Extensions

  7. What is SBWR? South Bay Water Recycling ? San José/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant Joint Powers Authority Administered by the City of San José Serves over 1,500,000 people that live and work in the 300-square mile area encompassing San Jose, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Monte Sereno. Do all tributaries agencies receive recycled water? Who else benefits?

  8. Developer Pays

  9. Government Pays “…design and construction of demonstration and permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse water in the San José metropolitan service area" (Title XVI of Public Law 102-575 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, Section 1607)

  10. 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funded Projects • $6.46 million offered towards construction of up to 10 projects • 8 projects with an estimated cost of $14.77 million selected for construction, operation by 9/30/11 • Additional projects may be built if significant cost savings or additional funds are available. • SBWR Phase 1C Projects • Project Cost AFY • SC Central Park $4.30 110 • SJ Airport $1.72 100 • SCIndustrial 1 $0.75 300 • SBWR Laterals &Garden $0.98 105 • SJ State University $0.79 135 • SC Industrial 2 $1.90 140 • SC Industrial 3A $5.30 500 • SJ School Extensions $1.14 100 • Total Phase 1C Improvements 14.78 1500-2000

  11. Statewide Inter-regional Cooperation • Common issues • Share tools • Political “clout” BARWRP SCCWRRS

  12. BARWC Brings Communities Together and Promotes Sustainable Water Use

  13. 40-Year Partnership $53 million

  14. $300/AF $2.5 million/7,300AF $330/AF Comparison of Advanced Treatment Methods for Partial Desalting of Tertiary Effluents http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/water/publications/reportpdfs/report097.pdf

  15. San José‘s Green Vision Goal #6 San José’s Ordinance…

  16. Some Unmeasured Benefits of Water Reuse

  17. Recycled Water Rates…?

  18. Retailer Agreements Require an Economic Incentive Ground Water Rate FY 11-12 - $569/AF Irrigation Discount ($105)/AF Irrigation Wholesale Rate - $464/AF Industrial Discount ($325)/AF Industrial Wholesale Rate - $244/AF

  19. Other Incentives… • U.S. Green Building Council and LEED Certification • The right thing to do… Sustainability GREEN Future Generations

  20. South Bay Water Recycling “Providing drought proof, high-quality water for our community.” Right Thing To Do SAFE

  21. Uses?

  22. Industrial = Cooling, Manufacturing, Dual Plumbing

  23. N+1 N+1 redundancy is a form of resilience that ensures system availability in the event of component failure. “Data center power generators that activate when the normal power source is unavailable.” Silicon Valley Power and PG&E Recycled Water and Potable Water

  24. Where are the windows?

  25. Data Center

  26. Other Benefits of Water Reuse

  27. Rate ≠ Cost Rate ≠ Cost Benefit = Cost?

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