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Water

1.	Page 28, Public Goods Charge on Water:  The PGC should be a
flat rate that applies equally throughout the State. 
Alternatively, for residential customers, consider a tiered rate
that increases with increased usage. Also, since PGC’s would be
new to water utilities, consider ramping up over time, starting
with the largest water purveyors that have end-use customers.    

2.	Page 28, Public Goods Charge on Water:  Please take into
consideration that water rates within the state are tremendously
diverse; some areas being 20 times greater than other areas and
that projects that are cost effective in one region of the State
are not necessarily cost effective in another region; yet on the
whole, California is an arid state.  To address this problem:
•	without affecting any local jurisdictions water rates to a great
extent
•	to foster creativity which should save water better than
mandatory reduction targets
recommend that approximately [75%] of the PGC that is collected by
a jurisdiction is used by the same jurisdiction to improve water
efficiency within its service territory.  The remaining [25%]
should be deposited into an account that is used to competitively
fund water conservation projects anywhere in the state;
competitiveness should be based primarily on gallons of water
saved per dollar invested; other secondary considerations might
include
•	Energy intensity of water being saved
•	Quality of water being saved.
•	Ability to defer or eliminate major Statewide water
infrastructure projects
•	Other life cycle issues

3.	Page 28, Public Goods Charge on Water:  recommend that the
proposed PGC would include Federal water because:
•	Federal climate legislation is in the works
•	Federally subsidized water provided by Bureau of Land Management
(and power provided by Western Area Power Administration) undercuts
the need to reduce CO2 by artificially making projects that are
cost effective everywhere else not cost effective where subsidized
water and power are provided.
•	PGC on Federal water (and power) should only be applied if the
Federal water customer is an end-user.  If Federal water is
provided to a water purveyor, that purveyor will have a PGC of
their own.