Great Oaks Water Company
2013 General Rate Case
Background
In July 2012, Great Oaks Water Company,
which serves over 20,000 customers in the San Jose area, filed its General Rate
Case application
for CPUC approval of a change in revenue requirement of:
- 2013: An increase of $1,930,413 or 14.28%
- 2014: A decrease of $477,210 or -3.09%
- 2015: A decrease of $426,852 or -2.85%
In March 2013, DRA and Great Oaks entered
into a Settlement
Agreement that settles all disputed issues and reduces Great Oaks’
original request for 2013 revenue increase by nearly half.
- 2013: An increase of $1,044,834 or 7.73%
- 2014: An increase of $101,994 or 0.7%
- 2015: An increase of $207,640 or 1.42%
DRA's Policy Position
DRA reviewed Great Oaks' application for
reasonableness and recommended several important adjustments to Great
Oak’s July 2012 GRC Application in the following areas:
- Operations & Maintenance Expenses
- Administrative & General Expenses
- Payroll
- Conservation
- Plant
- General Office Expenses
See summary Table comparing
Great Oak’s requests with DRA's recommendations.
See DRA's November 7, 2012 Testimony and
clarifying Tables.
DRA supports the settlement agreement with Great
Oaks as favorable to customers because it will save them nearly
$886,000, including reductions in:
- Operating & Maintenance and Administrative & General Expenses =
$460,841
- Depreciation Expenses = $108,723
- Rate Base = $37,357
See the DRA-Great Oaks Settlement
Agreement for more details.
See DRA’s July 31, 2012 Protest
to application.
Current Proceeding
See the proceeding
docket.