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

and a poss¡ble 2,215 customers were identified through the data coordination that might be eligible to receive CAP assistance but
are not currently receiving the discount. DC WASA coordinated a special mailing to these 2,215 households and at the end of FY
2009, a total of 6,458 customers had received a discount on their bills. We are continuing our commitment to help improve the
quality of life for those of our customers who are least able to pay, by providing relief through our customer assistance programs
(CAP). Through CAP, we provide eligible customers a discount of 4 Ccfs per month on their water and sewer bills. Since it began,
participation in CAP has continued to increase. In February 2010 the Board presented and adopted a resolution to expand CAP
discount of the first 4 Ccfs of Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) and Right of Way (ROW) to qualifying low-income customers
effective from October 1, 2010. The District Department of Environment, Office of Energy, administers this program for the Authority
and several other utilities in the area.
Rate Stabilization Fu nd
This yea/s plan reflects continued use of the rate stabilization fund, which totaled $28.6 million as of October 2009. The fund is
projected to be fully utilized between FY 2009 through FY 2014 to help level out proposed rate increases in those years. Additional
contributions to the rate stabilization fund are determined each year based on actual financial performance and the latest ten-year
plan.
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan
ln December 2004, the Board reached agreement with the federal government on the proposed CSO LTCP and entered into a
related consent decree. Life time capital costs for this plan total approximately $2.7 billion, and this yea/s proposed ten-year plan
includes $1.1 billion of projected CSO LTCP disbursements. Projected CSO LTCP project spending by fiscal year is shown in the
next chart.
ln FY 2009 DC WASA received federal funding of $16 million for the Combined Sewer Overflow Long term Control Plan and $20.0
million has been proposed for FY 2010. However, as the total project estimates increase, so do the projected lAC. lf additional
federal assistance is provided, the IAC increases would be lower than the ten-year plan assumes. As noted earlier, this plan
assumes jurisdictional contributions to the CSO LTCP underthe IMA of 7.1 percent beginning in FY 2011.
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