Funding Sources for Public Purpose Programs Sample Clauses

Funding Sources for Public Purpose Programs. 10 ISSUE: Cal Water’s public purpose programs consist of the Customer Assistance 11 Program (“CAP”) and the Rate Support Fund (“RSF”) program. CAP is currently funded by a 1a surcharge on the bills of all customers except for CAP customers (and with the exceptions of 13 private fire protection, fire hydrant, and certain Oroville customers).13 RSF is currently funded 14 by a surcharge on the bills of both CAP and non-CAP customers, with the exception of CAP 1d customers located in the Kern River Valley District (and with the same exceptions of private fire 16 protection, fire hydrant, and certain Oroville customers). 17 Cal Advocates recommends removing the RSF surcharge from CAP customer bills so that 18 CAP customers no longer fund the RSF program. In rebuttal, Cal Water does not oppose this a0 would continue to fund the RSF program by extending the RSF surcharge to customers on Cal a1 Water’s Private Fire Protection tariff who pay a flat monthly fee for access to the water system aa for fire protection purposes only. a3 RESOLUTION: To fund the RSF Program, the Parties agree that RSF surcharges will no a4 longer apply to CAP customers. The Parties agree, however, that both RSF and CAP surcharges ad will be expanded to apply to Private Fire Protection customers (Schedule AA-4), as well as to 13 The Oroville customers who are not subject to either the CAP or RSF surcharges are those served with raw water along the Powers Canal (Schedules OR-3M, OR-3M-I, and OR-aUL). 1 customers on the Private Fire Hydrants on Private Property (Schedule PV-4A) in Palos Verdes, a who are in the process of being transitioned to Schedule AA-4.