During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) emergency, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Rate Fairness Board’s regular meeting room at 525 Golden Gate Avenue, is closed. The Board and SFPUC staff will convene Rate Fairness Board meetings remotely by teleconference. The next Rate Fairness Board meeting will be held on Friday, October 9, 2020, 1:30PM to 4:00PM.
Current Rates
The current rate package was developed through a series of public meetings by staff with the input, guidance and review of the Rate Fairness Board, an advisory group of ratepayers and City financial officers created under the voter-approved Proposition E (2002) to ensure rate stability, fairness and affordability.
Proposition E, approved by San Francisco voters on November 5, 2002, directed the establishment of a Rate Fairness Board (RFB) to advise the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on water, power and sewer rate matters. These provisions with respect to sewer rates went into effect on January 3, 2003 and were applied to water rates beginning July 2006.
Specific duties for the RFB include:
- Annual review of a five-year rate forecast;
- Hold one or more public hearings on annual rate recommendations before the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission adopts rates;
- Provide a report and recommendations to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on the rate proposal and
- In connection with periodic rate studies, submit to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission rate policy recommendations for the Commission's consideration, including recommendations to reallocate costs among various retail utility customer classifications, subject to any outstanding bond requirements.
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Rate Fairness Board Roster
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Qualification
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Appointed By
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Howard Ash
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Chair |
Residential City Retail Customer
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Board of Supervisors
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| Anna Van Degna |
Member |
Deputy Director
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Controller's Office
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Adam Nguyen
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Member |
Finance and Planning Director
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City Administrator or designee
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Edward de Asis
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Member |
Board Member
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Controller's Office
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VACANT
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Member
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Residential City Retail Customer
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Mayor's Office
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VACANT
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Member
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City Retail Small Business Customer
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Board of Supervisors
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Member |
City Retail Large Business Customer
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Mayor's Office |
See the Rate Fairness Board Biographies
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There is a vacancy on the Public Utilities Commission Rate Fairness Board. Interested applicants should visit here. Requests for additional documents, agendas or minutes can be sent to RFB Secretary Yvonne Rodriguez at yrodriguez@sfwater.org.
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