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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2025-03 Water Rates FY26-30 Docusign Envelope ID:29766744-5BC5-46AF-B044-4FEF1E9182B7 Public Utility District Ordinance No. 2025 - 03 SETTING WATER UTILITY RATES FOR FY26, FY27, FY28, FY29 AND FY30 WHEREAS, the District retained HDR Engineering to conduct a water rate study; and WHEREAS, HDR Engineering completed the water rate study and recommended an option to fairly allocate the cost of service to the District's customers through increased rates; and WHEREAS, HDR Engineering completed the rate design; and WHEREAS, public workshops were held on August 20, 2025 and September 3, 2025 to receive comments and review the proposed water rate increases; and WHEREAS, a notice of a public hearing for the proposed water rate increases was publicly advertised on November 7t" and November 1411, 2025; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on November 19, 2025 to receive public comments on the proposed electric rate increases; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED, by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District as follows: Section 1. If no protest is made pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 16078, then the terms of this ordinance shall be effective 30 days after adoption by the Board of Directors of the District. Effective December 19, 2025, the following monthly water rates shall be implemented with the first bills after January 1, 2026, as applicable as the maximum rates. The Board shall annually review and establish rates for the following year. Metered Residential Water Rates — The domestic water rates for single family properties, individual condominium units and townhouse units equipped with a meter shall consist of three components, a base charge, a commodity charge and a pump zone charge. Metered Residential 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Base Charge Up to 3/4" $ 108.50 $ 115.55 $ 123.06 $ 131.06 $ 139.58 V. $ 129.41 $ 137.82 $ 146.78 $ 156.32 $ 166.48 More than 1"charged as Commercial Consumption(per 1,000 gal) 0-8000 gal(block 1) $ 1.75 $ 1.86 $ 1.98 $ 2.11 $ 2.25 8000+gal(block 2) $ 2.37 $ 2.53 $ 2.69 $ 2.86 $ 3.05 Page 1 of 3 Docusign Envelope ID:29766744-5BC5-46AF-B044-4FEF1E9182B7 Pump Zone Charges Zone 1 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - Zone 2 $ 1.09 $ 1.16 $ 1.24 $ 1.32 $ 1.41 Zone 3 $ 2.16 $ 2.30 $ 2.45 $ 2.61 $ 2.78 Zone 4 $ 3.24 $ 3.45 $ 3.67 $ 3.91 $ 4.16 Zone 5 $ 4.32 $ 4.60 $ 4.90 $ 5.22 $ 5.56 Zone 6 $ 5.40 $ 5.75 $ 6.12 $ 6.52 $ 6.94 Zone 7 $ 6.48 $ 6.90 $ 7.35 $ 7.83 $ 8.34 Metered Commercial Water Rates - The commercial water rates for all other multiple dwelling units, trailer parks, public use, dedicated irrigation and commercial establishments shall consist of three components, a base charge, a commodity charge and a pump zone charge. Metered Commercial 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Base Charge Up to 3/4" $ 108.50 $ 115.55 $ 123.06 $ 131.06 $ 139.58 1" $ 129.41 $ 137.82 $ 146.78 $ 156.32 $ 166.48 1.5" $ 181.92 $ 193.75 $ 206.34 $ 219.75 $ 234.04 2" $ 250.11 $ 266.37 $ 283.68 $ 302.12 $ 321.76 3" $ 418.68 $ 445.90 $ 474.88 $ 505.75 $ 538.62 4" $ 599.06 $ 638.00 $ 679.47 $ 723.64 $ 770.67 6" $ 898.60 $ 957.00 $ 1,019.21 $ 1,085.46 $ 1,156.01 8" $ 1,123.23 $ 1,196.24 $ 1,274.00 $ 1,356.81 $ 1,445.00 Consumption(per 1,000 gal) $/1,000 gal $ 1.92 $ 2.04 $ 2.17 $ 2.31 $ 2.46 Pump Zone Charges Zone 1 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - Zone 2 $ 1.09 $ 1.16 $ 1.24 $ 1.32 $ 1.41 Zone 3 $ 2.16 $ 2.30 $ 2.45 $ 2.61 $ 2.78 Zone 4 $ 3.24 $ 3.45 $ 3.67 $ 3.91 $ 4.16 Zone 5 $ 4.32 $ 4.60 $ 4.90 $ 5.22 $ 5.56 Zone 6 $ 5.40 $ 5.75 $ 6.12 $ 6.52 $ 6.94 Zone 7 $ 6.48 $ 6.90 $ 7.35 $ 7.83 $ 8.34 Section 2. Placement of a given customer account into a pump zone for billing purposes shall be based upon that customer's relationship to the 6170 Pressure Zone. The 6170 Pressure Zone is deemed to be Pump Zone 1 and all customers located withing that pressure zone and other areas where water can be supplied from 6170 Pressure Zone solely without pumping shall also be considered part of Pump Zone 1. For all other areas, a given customer shall be re-classified to the next highest pump zone for each time the water must be pumped from the 6170 Pressure Zone to supply that customer. Section 3. It is the District's goal that all customers are equipped with a water meter and billed volumetrically based upon their usage. However, circumstances exist whereby a customer refuses to undertake the necessary actions or improvements to allow that customer to be billed on a volumetric basis. Page 2 of 3 Docusign Envelope ID:29766744-5BC5-46AF-B044-4FEF1E9182B7 In those cases, the customer shall be subject to a "non-conforming bulk rate" and shall be charged a monthly bill for service based on the base charge, commodity charge and pump zone charge corresponding to that customer's location and class (residential or commercial). For determining the commodity charge and pump zone charge, the customer shall be charged a volume equal to the 9tn percentile of usage for all customers with the same class and meter size. This determination of the 90t" percentile shall occur annually in January and shall be based upon the metered usage data for the prior calendar year. Section 4. The Clerk of the District shall immediately cause a copy of this ordinance to be published in newspaper of general circulation and posted in three places within the District. Section 5. The provisions of other ordinances shall remain in effect to the extent that they do not conflict with this ordinance. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District at a meeting duly called and held within the District on the nineteenth day of November 2025 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Murrell, Randall, Bender, Laliotis, Finn NOES: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Signed by: Esfa Fite Vt, B y AIFSDME13KC4EC... Christa Finn, President of the Board ATTEST: Signed by: E . W AABF448DE0754A8... Brian Wright, General Manager Page 3 of 3