CleanPowerSF Sfpuc Commission
March 22, 2022

1 Drought Surcharge Finance and Public Outreach
Update
Charles Perl
John Cote, Communications Director
March 14, 2022
Impact of the Drought and Conservation on
FY 2021-22 Projected Year End Revenues
• SFPUC Q2 Budget Variance Report, shared on 3.8.2022–
• Includes 6 months of actual and 6 months of projected revenues • Water Volumes and Revenues
• Wholesale – volumes projected to be 8.9% below budgeted volumes; projected to result in year-end wholesale revenues of $247M, or $24M below budgeted wholesale revenues • Retail – volumes projected to be 6% below budgeted volumes; projected to result in year- end retail revenues of $316M, or $12M below budgeted retail revenues • Wastewater Volumes and Revenues
• Wastewater billable volumes projected to 3.7% below budgeted volumes; projected to result in year-end sewer service charges of $358M or $30M below budgeted sewer service charges
• Power Revenues
• No material impacts on power revenues related to drought or water conservation 2 Drought Surcharge –
History of Development, Approval and Implementation
• April 2018 -
• Commission adoption of multi-year Water & Wastewater Retail Rates Package – • Informed by comprehensive Water & Wastewater Retail Rate Study • Included in the Commission Approved Water & Wastewater Rates Package was new Retail Drought Surcharge; surcharge is temporary and is only to be implemented when Commission declares Water Shortage Emergency
• November 2021 -
• Commission declared Water Shortage Emergency; retail drought surcharge of 5% tied to retail call for conservation
• December 2021 through today -
• Outreach and communication on drought and Drought Surcharge • April 2022 –
• 5% retail volumetric drought surcharge to be implemented April 1, 2022 3 Public Outreach on Conservation
Measures and Drought Surcharge
4 New Web Portal: Sfpuc.org/drought
Daily page views have more than doubled since January 1 Recurring messages on all SFPUC social media accounts
Bill inserts in January and March
Information in digital and hard copy newsletter to customers Muni bus cards
Paid social media ads
Paid Advertising campaign in Chinese, Filipino, and Spanish Provided material to the Board of Supervisors, Community Based Organizations, Homeowners Associations, and Merchant Associations to share with constituents & members Public Outreach on Conservation
Measures and Drought Surcharge
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