Hist and Proj Operating Receipts FY 2011 2 17 2010 - DC Water

under the program by DDOE and to mitigate wet weather runoff. ln anticipation of a future recommendation in FY 2010, a budget of
$500,000 for a credit program has been considered within the IAC for projections.
Customer Metering Fee
ln the FY 2009 Cost of Service (COS) study there were several altemative rate structural conceptual recommendations. One
altemative was that DC WASA management will consider expansion of the meter fee. The concept of increased fix components of
the retail bill was previously recommended under the 2006 cost of service study and again in the 2008 lndependent Budget Review.
Many utilities have "uncoupled" their rates and increased the fìxed portion of their costs that are not variable and must be covered so
that the utility is "ready to serve." The current proposal includes the expansion of the base customer charge related to meters to
include all operating expenditures related to meter maintenance, which are estimated to be approximately 35 percent of the customer
service costs. While the base charge often includes other capital costs that have been incurred to build a system that provides water
and sewer services regardless of whether an individual customer uses the water, it is not curently recommended that allocation of
such additional costs be incorporated at this time. We will continue to analyze the cost drivers and economics, with an eye to future
determination of the most favorable adjustments.
Rafe Comparisons to Other Utifities
DC WASA's current and proposed rates and fees remain very competitive with other water and wastewater providers in the mid-
Atlantic and the eastern United States. ln fact, the FY 2008 independent budget review noted that DC WASA's recent rate increases
have been much lower than other similar utilities. As shown in the charts in Section V 23,24 & 25, DC WASA's proposed monthly
residential bill (including the lAC, customer metering fee, the District's stormwater rate, PILOT and ROW fees) is slightly higher than
the average of other utilities in DC WASA's benchmark group. Without the stormwater and the PILOT and ROW fees, DC WASA's
proposed average monthly residential bill is $3.42 or 6.6 percent less than the average of other utilities. The proposed future rate
increases over the ten-year planning period are also consistent with the infrastructure needs identified by regional and national
providers.
Cu stomer AssLsfance Programs
As required by Under the "Water and Sewer Authority Equitable Ratemaking Amendment Act of 2008 Bíll 17-935" the District of
Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provided a report to the Council of the District of Columbia detailing the number of low-income
residents affected by increases in retail water and sewer rates and strategies that will significantly increase enrollment in the existing
discount program available to low-income ratepayers. DC WASA teamed with the District's Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) to match databases and identify needy residents in the District who were not participating in the CAP program.
Report findings estimate that DC WASA is reaching 85 percent of potential eligible low-income residents in the District of Columbia
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