Establishes procedures for water and wastewater utilities to enhance infrastructure and recover costs through system enhancement charges.
The bill establishes procedures for water and wastewater utilities to enhance infrastructure, including developing ratemaking principles for cost recovery. Utilities must obtain commission approval for a multiyear plan before recovering system enhancement costs through a system enhancement charge. The commission must issue a final order within six months. The charge must be calculated as a monthly fixed charge based on meter size, excluding costs recovered through contributions in aid of construction.
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