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Council Passes New Water Rates, Will It be Good Enough to Satisfy Critics?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2014
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Council Passes New Water Rates, Will It be Good Enough to Satisfy Critics?

The council quickly passed the staff recommendation to “Accept the Water Rate Cost of Service Study prepa ...

The council quickly passed the staff recommendation to “Accept the Water Rate Cost of Service Study prepared by Bartle Wells Associates (BWA) dated July 2014, subject to minor modifications,” “Approve ...

July 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Conventional Rate Structures Punish Low End Users

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2014
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Analysis: Conventional Rate Structures Punish Low End Users

We have heard much about the inadequacies of CBFR. The look-back is considered unfair. The public does no ...

We have heard much about the inadequacies of CBFR. The look-back is considered unfair. The public does not understand the rates. CBFR was said to punish people who chose to have water and summer inten ...

June 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Predictable Ending for URAC Process, Council Has to Decide

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: Predictable Ending for URAC Process, Council Has to Decide

The result was almost inevitable as the council asked the URAC (Utility Rate Advisory Committee) to do so ...

The result was almost inevitable as the council asked the URAC (Utility Rate Advisory Committee) to do something that they were not created to do, were not equipped to do, and should not have been ask ...

June 22, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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URAC Member Explains His Thoughts on Water Rates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2014
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URAC Member Explains His Thoughts on Water Rates

by Richard McCann originally posted here The URAC could not agree on a recommendation to the Davis City C ...

by Richard McCann originally posted here The URAC could not agree on a recommendation to the Davis City Council on a preferred rate option. We probably had too many options with too many proposals for ...

June 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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URAC Cannot Come to Decision; Punts Water Rates Back to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2014
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URAC Cannot Come to Decision; Punts Water Rates Back to Council

Ironically for critics of the council pushing the rate setting discussion to the Utility Rate Advisory Co ...

Ironically for critics of the council pushing the rate setting discussion to the Utility Rate Advisory Committee (URAC), they got exactly what they wanted when the body failed on three consecutive vot ...

June 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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CBFR Dead, But Council Leaves it to URAC to Determine Rate Recommendation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2014
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CBFR Dead, But Council Leaves it to URAC to Determine Rate Recommendation

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council considered narrowing the scope of discussion for the URAC, but ultimat ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council considered narrowing the scope of discussion for the URAC, but ultimately determined it was best to allow URAC to have free rein to make the best recommendation poss ...

June 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Passes New Water Rates, Will It be Good Enough to Satisfy Critics?

Council Passes New Water Rates, Will It be Good Enough to Satisfy Critics?

Analysis: Conventional Rate Structures Punish Low End Users

Analysis: Conventional Rate Structures Punish Low End Users

Sunday Commentary: Predictable Ending for URAC Process, Council Has to Decide

Sunday Commentary: Predictable Ending for URAC Process, Council Has to Decide

URAC Member Explains His Thoughts on Water Rates

URAC Member Explains His Thoughts on Water Rates

URAC Cannot Come to Decision; Punts Water Rates Back to Council

URAC Cannot Come to Decision; Punts Water Rates Back to Council

CBFR Dead, But Council Leaves it to URAC to Determine Rate Recommendation

CBFR Dead, But Council Leaves it to URAC to Determine Rate Recommendation

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