CWA approves rate redesign recommendation

A CWA board vote Thursday, Feb. 22, approved the recommendation of the CWA’s Finance Planning Workgroup. The calendar year 2025 changes include apportioning 40% of the transportation charge as a Transportation Fixed Rate allocated to member agencies by a seven-year rolling average with the current volume-based Transportation Rate designed to recover the remaining 60% of the forecasted annual revenue requirement.

The CWA currently allocates its Customer Service Charge, Storage Charge and Supply Reliability Charge based on rolling averages, and all of those rolling averages will be for a seven-y...