CPUC to vote on water bill surcharge reform
A ruling that promises to rein in surcharges appearing on the water bills of 3 million ratepayers in Monterey County and elsewhere is coming up for a vote at the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday. The reform is proposed by CPUC Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves with backing from the agency’s Public Advocate’s Office. Aceves says the surcharge system failed to incentivize conservation and just ended up making water more expensive.
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