Sec. 34-1352. - Assessment of the state-imposed TCEQ fee and annual fee adjustment.
(a) The fees assessed by TCEQ, as defined above, shall be used to calculate the pass-through state-imposed TCEQ fee charged to all water and wastewater customers of the system. Such state-imposed TCEQ fee is hereby authorized and shall become effective for billings on or about January 1, 2010. The monthly pass-through is subject to change based on the adjustment formula set out herein. The state-imposed TCEQ fee shall be applied in full to all accounts billed, regardless of the length of service the account was in effect. The system is delegated the authority to administratively adjust such state-imposed TCEQ fee on an annual basis, on or about January 1 of each year in accordance with the formula set out herein in subsection (b), and following consultation with the city's supervisor of public utilities. The system is directed to show such pass-through fee, state-imposed TCEQ fee, as a separate line item on each customer bill.
(b) An adjustment will be made to the state-imposed TCEQ fee annually, beginning on or about January 1, 2010, based on the following formula:
(1) Water customers. The projected annual fees assessed by TCEQ for water services for the 12-month period beginning in January minus the amount of the state-imposed TCEQ fee over-recovery or plus the amount of under-recovery from the cumulative state-imposed TCEQ fee collections for water services, divided by the projected average monthly water customers multiplied by twelve (12), yields the state-imposed TCEQ fee on a dollars-per-account-per-month basis for water customers.
(2) Wastewater customers. The projected annual fees assessed by TCEQ for wastewater services for the 12-month period beginning in January minus the amount of the state-imposed TCEQ fee over-recovery or plus the amount of under-recovery from the cumulative State-imposed TCEQ fee collections for wastewater services, divided by the projected average monthly wastewater customers multiplied by twelve (12), yields the state-Imposed TCEQ fee on a dollars-per-account-per-month basis for wastewater customers.
(3) Customers with both water and wastewater service will have the state-imposed TCEQ fee calculated for each component, water and wastewater, of the state-imposed TCEQ fee.
Water customers:
Projected annual fees assessed by TCEQ for water service PLUS | under-recovery or minus over-recovery from cumulative collections for water fees assessed by TCEQ | Adjusted TCEQ fee for water customers on a dollars-per-customer-per-month basis, for the 12-month period beginning on or about January 1st of each year
(divided by) | =
Projected average monthly water customers × 12
Wastewater customers:
Projected annual fees assessed by TCEQ for wastewater service PLUS | under-recovery or minus over-recovery from cumulative collections for wastewater fees assessed by TCEQ | Adjusted TCEQ fee for wastewater customers on a dollars-per-customer-per-month basis, for the 12-month period beginning on or about January 1st of each year
(divided by) | =
Projected average monthly wastewater customers × 12
EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY ("EAA") PERMIT FEE ADJUSTMENT
The following shall be applicable to the listed water service customer classes and water usage:
Residential water service (inside city limits)
Residential water service (outside city limits)
General water service (inside city limits)
General water service (outside city limits)
Wholesale water service (inside city limits)
Wholesale water service (outside city limits)
Private fire protection water service (applicable only to metered water usage)
An adjustment will be made to the Edwards Aquifer Authority Permit fee annually, beginning January 1, 1998, based on the following formula: The annual permit fee billed by the Edwards Aquifer Authority for the twelve-month period beginning in January plus the amount of the over-recovery or under-recovery from the prior twelve-month permit fee collections, divided by the project annual water usage, yields the permit fee on a dollars-per-gallon basis.
Permit fee billed by EAA PLUS | Over-recovery/under-recovery from prior 12-month permit fee collections | Adjusted permit fee on a dollars-per-gallon basis of consumption, for the 12-month period beginning in the month of January
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Project annual water usage
RATE SCHEDULE D
Effective 12:01 a.m., March 15, 2003
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER WATER SERVICE RATES
Pursuant to the terms of a contract executed in 2003 between SAWS and an economic development customer, an economic development customer may be charged a water service rate of not less than One and No/100 Dollars ($1.00) per thousand gallons of water for a period not to exceed seven (7) years. For any contract executed between SAWS and an economic development customer in subsequent years, an economic development customer may be charged a water service rate calculated using the monthly volume charge payable for General Water Service under Rate Schedule B, as it currently exists or is hereafter amended, less a discount not to exceed fourteen (14%) for a period not to exceed seven (7) years. Economic development customer rates may apply:
(1) For an existing customer, the discount may be applied only to the increase of potable water utilized by the new or expanded facilities qualifying the existing customer as an economic development customer.
(2) For a new customer, the discount may be applied to all potable water delivered to the new facilities qualifying the new customer as an economic development customer.
Water delivered to an economic development customer shall only be consumed or used by the economic development customer to whom it is delivered at the new or expanded facilities qualifying the customer as an economic development customer. Use at another location, or the resale or transfer of such water is prohibited.
WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES AND COSTS
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the City of San Antonio Code of Ordinances, SAWS' Regulations for Water Service, or SAWS' Utility Service Regulations, pursuant to the terms of a contract between SAWS and an economic development customer, SAWS may agree to waive all or any part of any potable water or wastewater impact fees otherwise payable by an economic development customer to SAWS, provided that:
(1) For an existing customer, only impact fees that are attributable to the new or expanded facilities qualifying the existing customer as an economic development customer may be waived.
(2) For a new customer, only impact fees that are attributable to the new facilities qualifying the new customer as an economic development customer may be waived.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the City of San Antonio Code of Ordinances, SAWS' Regulations for Water Service, or SAWS' Utility Service Regulations, SAWS may, pursuant to the terms of a contract between an economic development customer and SAWS, agree to waive all or any part of any permit, application fee, or meter charge otherwise payable by an economic development customer to SAWS, and agree to extend, at no or at a reduced cost to an economic development customer, all potable water and wastewater infrastructure from SAWS' existing potable water and sanitary sewer system to and/or into the property owned by an economic development customer on which new or expanded facilities are to be located, provided that:
(1) For an existing customer, SAWS may agree to extend potable water and wastewater infrastructure at no or at a reduced cost to an existing customer only to the new or expanded facilities qualifying the existing customer as an economic development customer.
(2) For a new customer, SAWS may agree to extend potable water and wastewater infrastructure at no or at a reduced cost to an economic development customer only to the new facilities qualifying the new customer as an economic development customer.
COMPLIANCE
The rates and waivers provided in this schedule are subject to the execution of a contact between a customer and SAWS that requires a customer to obtain economic development customer status. The rates and waivers provided in this schedule will immediately terminate if a customer does not perform all obligations necessary to obtain economic development customer status within six (6) years from the date of the execution of a contract with SAWS, or if an economic development customer fails to maintain its status as an economic development customer. Should a person or entity no longer be an economic development customer, such person or entity will pay all rates, fees and costs payable by a General Water Service customer.
(Ord. No. 2009-12-10-1027, § 5(Exh. A), 12-10-09) (Ord. No. 87042, § 3, 12-1-97; Ord. No. 87043, §§ 1, 2, 12-1-97; Ord. No. 90733, § 1, 10-21-99; Ord. No. 92752, § 1, 10-19-00; Ord. No. 2007-02-08-0149, § 1(Exh. A), 2-8-07) (Ord. No. 97264, § 2(Att. 2), 2-27-03)
