AGENCY TESTIMONY
Water billing structures in NYC
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The testimony provides an overview of the water billing structures used in New York City, focusing on the two most common types.
- New York City has four billing structures for water and sewer ratepayers
- The two most common structures account for about 94% of all water bill charges
- 70% of charges come from metered bills, assessed based on the amount of water used at a property
- 24% of charges come from the Multifamily Conservation Program (MCP), which charges a flat rate per apartment for qualifying multifamily buildings
Jordan Paige
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Turning our attention now to water billing structures.
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I'd be able to like to briefly highlight a key finding from our analysis.
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New York City has 4 billing structures for water and sewer ratepayers.
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These 2 most common structures make up about 94% of all water bill charges.
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70% is remedial bills, which are assessed based on the amount of water used at a property.
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The other 24% is from the multifamily conservation program where MCP, which shows the flat rate per apartment to qualify multifamily buildings.
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IPO made some important observations to property bills under the metered and MCP structures.
