UWM Plan - Municipal Water District of Orange County

Step 4 – MET Appeal Process - MWDOC will follow the terms of MET’s appeal
process, as described in Appendix B. Client agencies will also be invited, as deemed
appropriate, by MWDOC to attend any meetings with MET on their appeal.
Step 5 –Client Agency Notification of MET’s Decision – Once MET has made a
determination of the appeal, MWDOC staff will notify the client agency of the decision
and determine if additional actions are needed i.e. Appeal to MET board.
In the event that MET denies the appeal, MWDOC staff will continue to work with the
appealing agency to resolve their issue(s). Any action that will result in adjustments to
client agency’ allocation will be submitted to the Board for review and approval.
Allocation Penalty Rates & Billing
Metropolitan’s Penalty Rates
Metropolitan will enforce its allocations through a tiered penalty rate structure. MET will
assess penalty rates to a member agency that exceeds its total annual allocation at the
end of the twelve-month allocation period, according to the rate structure below:
Table 5.1: Metropolitan Water District
Allocation Penalty Rate Structure
(FY2009/10 Rates)*
Water Use up to:
(1)
Base Rate
(2)
Penalty Rate**
(1)+(2) =
Total Rate
100% Allocation Tier 1 ($701/AF) - $701/AF
100% < = 115% Tier 1 ($701/AF)
2 x Tier 2***
(1,188/AF)
1,889/AF
Use > 115%
Tier 1 ($701/AF)
4 x Tier 2***
(2,376/AF)
3,077/AF
[*] These are based on MET’s adopted rate and charge increases for FY2009/2010.
[**] If MWDOC exceeds its allocation limit but is within its equivalent preferential right amount, MET will decrease the
penalty rate by one level.
[***] The Tier 2 penalty rate excludes the treatment surcharge
These penalty rates will be assessed according to MET water rates in effect at the time
of billing. Any penalty funds collected by MET will be invested back to the MET member
agency through conservation and local resource development.
MWDOC Penalty Rates
As a water wholesaler, MWDOC has the opportunity to assess penalties in many
different ways. A number of options were discussed and analyzed with the client
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