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File #: 26-202BPU    Version: 1 Name: Sonoma Water 2026/27 Water Transmission Budget and Rate Increase
Type: BPU- Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/18/2026 In control: Board of Public Utilities
On agenda: 3/5/2026 Final action:
Title: REPORT - SONOMA WATER 2026/27 WATER TRANSMISSION BUDGET AND RATE INCREASE BACKGROUND: The City of Santa Rosa purchases approximately 95% of the water supplied to our customers from Sonoma Water, the region’s water wholesaler. Sonoma Water is proposing to raise the wholesale rate of water by 8.21 % from $1,400.86 per acre-foot to $1,515.87 per acre foot. There is a Water Advisory Committee (WAC) made up of elected officials of each of the eight prime contractors, including Santa Rosa, that purchase water from Sonoma Water. The WAC is an advisory committee to the Sonoma Water Board of Directors. The City’s WAC Representative is Council Member Natalie Rogers. On April 6, 2026, the WAC is scheduled to consider whether to recommend to the Sonoma Water Board of Directors Sonoma Water’s proposed 2026/27 Water Transmission System Budget and Rate increase. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities consider Sonoma Water’s proposed 2026/27 Water Tr...
Sponsors: Water, Board of Public Utilities
Indexes: Not a Project
Code sections: 15061(b)(3) - General Rule Exemption, 15378 - Not a Project
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 – Sonoma Water- Water Transmission FY 202627 Draft Budget and Rates, 3. Presentation (Uploaded 03.03.2026), 4. Updated Presentation (Uploaded 03.04.2026)
Related files: 26-0221