Comments on: San Diego water rates and charges after completion of the Carlsbad desalination plant http://groksurf.com/2012/07/16/san-diego-water-rates-and-charges-after-completion-of-the-carlsbad-desalination-plant/ Local observations on water, environment, technology, law & politics Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: San Diego County Water Authority http://groksurf.com/2012/07/16/san-diego-water-rates-and-charges-after-completion-of-the-carlsbad-desalination-plant/#comment-5095 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:58:13 +0000 http://groksurf.com/?p=19767#comment-5095 To clarify for your posters and readers, desalinated water from the Carlsbad Project, if approved by the Water Authority Board, would replace existing State Water Project supplies and would serve water needs throughout the Water Authority’s service area. It will enhance the reliability of our total water supply whether a customer receives treated or untreated water.

The discussion with the Board on the allocation of potential Carlsbad desalination costs to rate categories is part of the process of rate setting using cost of service principles. Cost of Service requires that benefits of expenses, such as the fact that desalinated water is treated water meeting all state and federal regulations, be assigned to its appropriate service category. Cost of service principles are applied to setting rates for water serving existing and new demand.

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