Project 640

Cost Allocation and Rate Design for Water Utilities

$58,500
Completed
Principal Investigator
Janice Beecher
Project Manager
Joel Catlin
Contractor
National Regulatory Research Institute
Affordability
Customer Relations & Stakeholder Engagement
Rates & Revenue
Utility Finance
Utility Management

Abstract

Investigates cost allocation and rate design for water utilities. Helps water utilities meet the emerging rate design challenges caused by higher costs to meet drinking water regulations, to install new treatment technologies, to add capacity, and to accommodate changes in pricing policies that may encourage conservation. Published in 1991.

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