4698988 Water and Sewer Authority, D.C. - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amend Payment in Lieu of Taxes Fee, Water and Sanitary Sewer Service Rates, and Impervious Surface Area Charge

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Board of Directors (Board) of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 216 of the Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-111, §§ 203(3), (11) and 216; D.C. Official Code §§ 34-2202.03(3) and (11) (2010 Repl.) and D.C. Official Code §§ 34-2202.16 (2010 Repl.)); Section 6(a) of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1206; D.C. Official Code § 2-505(a)(2011 Repl.)); and in accordance with Chapter 40, “Retail Ratemaking,” of Title 21, “Water and Sanitation,” of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), hereby gives notice that at its regularly scheduled meeting on December 5, 2013, took final action through adoption of Board Resolution #13-120 to propose the amendment of Section 112, (Fees), of Chapter 1, (Water Supply), and Sections 4100, (Rates for Water Service), and 4101, (Rates for Sewer Service), of Chapter 41, (Retail Water and Sewer Rates), of Title 21, (Water and Sanitation), of the DCMR.

 

Final rulemaking action shall be taken in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

In addition, the Board will receive comments on these proposed rates at a public hearing at a later date. The public hearing notice will be published in a subsequent edition of the D.C. Register.

 

Section 112, FEES of Chapter 1, WATER SUPPLY, of Title 21, WATER AND SANITATION, of the DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 112.8 is amended to read as follows:

 

112.8               Effective October 1, 2014, the District of Columbia Right of Way Occupancy Fee Pass Through Charge and the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Fee, shall be increased from seventy cents ($0.70) for each one hundred cubic feet (1 Ccf) (or the equivalent of ninety-three cents ($0.93) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.) (one hundred cubic feet (1 Ccf) equals seven hundred forty-eight and five hundredths gallons (748.05 gals.)) to seventy-eight cents ($0.78) for each one hundred cubic feet (1 Ccf) (or the equivalent of one dollar and four cents ($1.04) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used, divided as follows:

 

(a)        District of Columbia Right of Way Fee, assessed to recover the cost of fees charged by the District of Columbia to D.C. Water and Sewer Authority for use of District of Columbia public space and rights of way, shall be:

 

(1)        Residential Customers: seventeen cents ($0.17) per Ccf (or the equivalent of twenty-two cents ($0.22) per one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used;

 

(2)        Multi-Family Customers: seventeen cents ($0.17) per Ccf (or the equivalent of twenty-two cents ($0.22) per one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used; and

 

(3)        Non-Residential Customers: seventeen cents ($0.17) per Ccf (or the equivalent of twenty-two cents ($0.22) per one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used; and

 

(b)        Payment in Lieu of Taxes to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) of the District of Columbia, assessed to cover the amount which D.C. Water and Sewer Authority pays each fiscal year to the District of Columbia, consistent with D.C. Water and Sewer Authority's enabling statute for public goods and services received from the District of Columbia: shall be increased from fifty-three cents ($0.53) per Ccf (or the equivalent of seventy-one cents ($0.71) per one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used to:

 

(1)        Residential Customers: sixty-one cents ($0.61) per Ccf (or the equivalent of eighty-two cents ($0.82) per one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used;

 

(2)        Multi-Family Customers: sixty-one cents ($0.61) per Ccf (or the equivalent of eighty-two cents ($0.82) per one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used; and

 

(3)        Non-Residential Customers: sixty-one cents ($0.61) per Ccf (or the equivalent of eighty-two cents ($0.82) per one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used.

 

Section 4100, RATES FOR SEWER SERVICE, of Chapter 41, RETAIL WATER AND SEWER RATES, of Title 21, WATER AND SANITATION, of the DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 4100.3 is amended to read as follows:

 

4100                RATES FOR WATER SERVICE

 

4100.3             Effective October 1, 2014, the rate for retail metered water service shall be increased from three dollars and sixty-one cents ($3.61) for each one hundred cubic feet (1 Ccf) (or the equivalent of four dollars and eighty-three cents ($4.83) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.) (one hundred cubic feet (1 Ccf) equals seven hundred forty-eight and five hundredths gallons (748.05 gals.)) of water used to:

 

(a)        Residential Customers: three dollars and eighty-eight cents ($3.88) per Ccf (or the equivalent of five dollars and nineteen cents ($5.19) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used;

 

(b)        Multi-Family Customers: three dollars and eighty-eight cents ($3.88) per Ccf (or the equivalent of five dollars and nineteen cents ($5.19) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used; and

 

(c)        Non-Residential Customers: three dollars and eighty-eight cents ($3.88) per Ccf (or the equivalent of five dollars and nineteen cents ($5.19) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used.

 

Section 4101, RATES FOR SEWER SERVICE, of Chapter 41, RETAIL WATER AND SEWER RATES, of Title 21, WATER AND SANITATION, of the DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 4101.1 is amended to read as follows:

 

4101                RATES FOR SEWER SERVICE

 

4101.1             Effective October 1, 2014, the rates for sanitary sewer service shall be:

 

(a)        The retail sanitary sewer service rate shall be increased from four dollars and forty-one cents ($4.41) for each one hundred cubic feet (1 Ccf) (or five dollars and eighty-nine cents ($5.89) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.) (one hundred cubic feet (1 Ccf) equals seven hundred forty-eight and five hundredths gallons (748.05 gals.)) of water used to:

 

(1)        Residential Customers: four dollars and seventy-four cents ($4.74) per Ccf (or the equivalent of six dollars and thirty-three cents ($6.33) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used;

 

(2)        Multi-Family Customers: four dollars and seventy-four cents ($4.74) per Ccf (or the equivalent of six dollars and thirty-three cents ($6.33) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used; and

 

(3)        Non-Residential Customers: four dollars and seventy-four cents ($4.74) per Ccf (or the equivalent of six dollars and thirty-three cents ($6.33)) for each one thousand gallons (1,000 gals.)) of water used; and

 

(b)        The annual Clean Rivers Impervious Surface Area Charge (IAC) shall be increased from one hundred forty-two dollars and twenty cents ($142.20), billed monthly at eleven dollars and eighty-five cents ($11.85), per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU), to two hundred one dollars ($201.00) per ERU, billed monthly as follows:

 

(1)        Residential Customers: sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) per month for each ERU;

 

(2)        Multi-Family Customers: sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) per month for each ERU; and

 

(3)        Non-Residential Customers: sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) per month for each ERU.

 

Comments on these proposed rules should be submitted in writing no later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register to Linda R. Manley, Secretary to the Board, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, 5000 Overlook Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20032, by email to [e-mail], or by FAX at [phone]. Copies of these proposed rules may be obtained from the DC Water at the same address or by contacting Ms. Manley at [phone].