Follow Up Items from 1 st RAC Meeting Lou Lendman Budget Manager Rate Advisory Committee Distribution of Customers by Class Page 2 1
Distribution of Water Customers by Class SAWS and DSP (2013) Class SAWS % DSP % Residential 343,667 93.5% 93,056 95.0% General (Comm./Ind.) 23,713 6.5% 4,901 5.0% Wholesale 8 0.002% TOTAL 367,388 100.0% 97,957 100.0% Page 3 Distribution of Sewer Customers by Class SAWS (2013) Class SAWS % Residential 390,256 94.0% General (Comm./Ind.) 25,021 6.0% Wholesale 12 0.002% TOTAL 415,289 100.0% Page 4 2
Monthly Charges & Rate Structure Comparison Page 5 Top 10 Texas Cities Compared In Terms of Water Connections City Connections City Connections 1 Houston 487,375 6 Austin 203,059 2 SAWS and DSP * 467,742 7 Arlington 99,862 3 Dallas 326,240 8 Corpus Christi 93,927 4 Fort Worth 226,852 9 Lubbock 81,021 5 El Paso 214,254 10 Plano 78,334 * SAWS 368,974 and DSP 98,768 (as of November 2013) Page 6 3
2014 Residential Water & Sewer Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 5/8 meter or equivalent $120 $100 $88.95 $82.40 $80 $55.72 $55.94 $56.11 $59.83 $60.15 $60.80 $61.90 $60 $37.38 $40 $91.79 $100.04 $20 * SAWS Standard (Rates applied Oct1 through April 30) ** SAWS Seasonal (Rates applied May 1 through Sep 30) *** DSP monthly charge total includes $33.03 in DSP water charges and $26.80 in SAWS sewer charges **** Houston wastewater charges based solely on water usage Monthly charges as of February 2014, Based on 7,788 Gal. Water/6,178 Gal. Wastewater. Includes EAA and TCEQ Fees. Page 7 2014 Residential Water Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 5/8 meter or equivalent $60 $54.50 $40 $20 $20.93 $25.20 $26.13 $27.60 $28.92 $29.14 $31.51 $33.03 $38.61 $43.90 $44.05 * SAWS Standard (Rates applied Oct 1 through April 30) ** SAWS Seasonal (Rate applied May 1 through Sep 30) Monthly charges as of February 2014, Based on 7,788 Gal. Water (Standard); Includes EAA and TCEQ Fees. Page 8 4
2014 Residential Sewer Bills Top 10 Texas Cities $60 $47.89 $55.99 $40 $26.80 $27.90 $28.64 $30.91 $34.30 $34.67 $38.51 $20 $16.45 Monthly charges as of February 2014, Based on 6,178 Gal. Wastewater. Includes TCEQ Fees. Page 9 2014 Commercial Water & Sewer Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 2 meter, 50,000 gallons per month $900 $800 $700 $600 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $596.59 $617.81 $385.58 $406.05 $423.00 $441.85 $458.66 $490.33 $520.58 $319.79 $795.00 $821.50 * DSP monthly charge total includes $452.40 in DSP water charges and $165.41 in SAWS sewer charges ** Austin Off-Peak Rates assessed Nov1 through Jun 30 *** Austin Peak Rates assessed July 1 through Oct 1 Monthly charges as of February 2014. Includes EAA and TCEQ Fees. Page 10 5
2014 Commercial Water Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 2 meter, 50,000 gallons per month $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $165.75 $240.64 $245.42 $183.40 $186.26 $193.25 $204.86 $380.74 $384.00 $312.35 $357.50 $452.40 * Austin Off-Peak Rates assessed Nov 1 through Jun 30 ** Austin Peak Rates assessed Jul 1 through Oct 31 Monthly charges as of February 2014. Includes EAA and TCEQ Fees. Page 11 2014 Commercial Sewer Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 50,000 gallons per month $500 $437.50 $400 $300 $200 $146.31 $154.03 $165.41 $199.32 $215.85 $239.60 $248.60 $275.16 $285.47 $100 Monthly charges as of February 2014. Includes TCEQ Fees. Page 12 6
2014 Industrial Water & Sewer Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 6 meter, 850,000 gallons per month $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $4,078 $6,011 $6,169 $6,174 $6,197 $6,937 $7,023 $8,500 $9,108 $12,450 $12,482 $12,933 $2,000 * DSP monthly charge total includes $9,754 in DSP water charges and $2,696 in SAWS sewer charges ** Austin Off-Peak Rates assessed Nov 1 through Jun 30 *** Austin Peak Rates assessed Jul 1 through Oct 31 Monthly charges as of February 2014. Includes EAA and TCEQ Fees. Page 13 2014 Industrial Water Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 6 meter, 850,000 gallons per month $12,000 $10,000 $9,754 $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 $2,161 $2,703 $2,902 $2,929 $3,019 $3,315 $3,365 $4,100 $5,205 $5,655 $5,884 * Austin Off-Peak Rates assessed Nov 1 through Jun 30 ** Austin Peak Rates assessed Jul 1 through Oct 1 Monthly charges as of February 2014. Includes EAA and TCEQ Fees. Page 14 7
2014 Industrial Sewer Bills Top 10 Texas Cities 850,000 gallons per month $8,000 $7,228 $6,000 $5,135 $4,000 $2,000 $1,917 $2,074 $2,696 $3,151 $3,224 $3,494 $4,008 $4,121 Monthly charges as of February 2014. Includes TCEQ Fees. Page 15 Water Rate Structures Tiered (Most Frequent) Fixed meter charge plus volumetric charges with rates that increase at higher levels of consumption Base Excess Fixed meter charge plus volumetric charges with rates that increase at higher levels of consumption relative to established baseline consumption Residential Base Excess Rates: El Paso and Lubbock Commercial Base Excess Rates: El Paso, Dallas and SAWS Fixed Block Rate (Houston only) No fixed meter charge; all residential consumption charged single volumetric rate that varies at different consumption levels (or blocks) and size of water meter Page 16 8
Tiered Residential Water Rate Structures * Corpus Christi also has a separate Raw Water volumetric rate ($0.896 per 1,000 gallons) which is applied uniformly at all consumption levels ** Austin also has a separate Water Rev. Stability Reserve Fund rate ($0.15 per 1,000 gallons) which is applied uniformly at all consumption levels. Additionally, Austin assesses a minimum fixed charge that varies based on a given customer s consumption tier. Page 17 Tiered Commercial Water Rate Structures * Corpus Christi also has a separate Raw Water volumetric rate ($0.896 per 1,000 gallons) which is applied uniformly at all consumption levels ** Austin also has a separate Water Rev. Stability Reserve Fund rate ($0.15 per 1,000 gallons) which is applied uniformly at all consumption levels. Page 18 9
Difference in Charges: 0 to 25,000 Gallons Residential Water 5/8 Meter Note: El Paso has Base Excess rates; amounts shown assume base consumption = actual consumption. Page 19 Sewer Rate Structures (Res. & Comm.) No Minimum Base Usage Charge; Single Volumetric Rate (Most Frequent) Residential Usage Based on Winter Average Minimum Base Consumption Charge Plus Single Volumetric Rate for Usage over Base SAWS, Plano, El Paso and Corpus Christi Residential Usage Based on Winter Average Fixed Block Rate (Houston only) No fixed meter charge; all sewer usage charged single volumetric rate that varies at different usage levels (or blocks) and size of water meter No Winter Average for Residential Usage; Based on Water Consumption Page 20 10
Sewer Rate Structures (cont.) Residential monthly maximum number of gallons charged for sewer: Dallas 40,000 gallons Fort Worth 22,443 gallons Corpus Christi 25,000 gallons El Paso charges sewer for only 90% of Winter Average water consumption Page 21 Base + Volumetric Sewer Rate Structures Page 22 11
Difference in Charges: 0 to 25,000 Gallons Residential Sewer Page 23 4 th Residential Tier Consumption and Customers: (2009 2013) Page 24 12
4 th Tier Residential Consumption & Rainfall Page 25 4 th Tier Residential Customers & Rainfall Page 26 13
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