Calculating the Franchise Fees on Electric Energy Supplied by Others

In order to calculate the franchise fees on electric energy supplied by others, use the following instructions:

Customers Billing On A Non-Time-of-Use Rate

1. Multiply the total number of kilowatt hours (kWhrs) consumed during the billing period by the percentage of power supplied by The Department of Water Resources (DWR). The result of this calculation represents the number of kWhrs supplied by DWR.
   • Obtain the percentage of power supplied by the DWR
   • About the percentage of power supplied by the DWR
2. Multiply the result of the calculation from step one above by the current price for electricity supplied by DWR.
3. Locate the line item on your billing statement entitled “DWR Bond Charge” and add the amount to the result from step two above.
   • Note: Medical Baseline and CARE customers are not charged the DWR Bond Charge
4. If you are a customer located within the City of San Diego, multiply the result of step three above by 6.88%. For all other customers not located within the City of San Diego, multiply the result from step three above by 1.1%.

Example Calculation

Here’s an example of a calculation for a residential customer located outside the City of San Diego who used 1000 kWh on their October 2008 bill with a meter read date of 10/21/2008.

Fee Calculation for Customers Billing on a Non-Time-of-Use Rate
Step 1	1000	x	23.77%	=	238
Step 2	238	x	$0.09395 per kWhr paid to DWR	=	$22.36
Step 3	$22.36	+	$4.77 DWR Bond Charge	=	$27.13
Step 4	$27.13	x	1.10%	=	$0.30
	$0.30	=	Franchise Fee on Electric Energy Supplied by Others

Customers Billing On A Time-of-Use (TOU) Rate

1. Multiply the number of kilowatt hours (kWhrs) consumed during each TOU period by the percentage of power supplied by The Department of Water Resources (DWR) in the during each TOU period.
2. Sum the results from each TOU period. This total represents the number of kWhrs supplied by DWR.
   • Obtain the applicable percentage of power supplied by DWR during the relevant TOU periods
3. Multiply the result of from step two above by the current price for electricity supplied by DWR.
4. Locate the line item on your billing statement entitled “DWR Bond Charge” and add the amount to the result from step three above.
   • Note: Medical Baseline and CARE customers are not charged the DWR Bond Charge.
5. If you are a customer located within the City of San Diego, multiply the result of step four by 6.88%. For all other customers not located within the City of San Diego, multiply the result from step four above by 1.1%.

Example Calculation

Here’s an example of a calculation for a non-residential customer on a TOU rate schedule located outside the City of San Diego who used 3,280 kWh during on-peak, 15,040 during semi-peak and 16,320 kWh during off-peak on their October 2008 bill with a meter read date of 10/15/2008.

Calculating Fees based on a TOU Rate Schedule
	On-peak	3280	x	28.03%	=	919
Step 1	Semi-peak	15040	x	30.00%	=	4512
	Off-peak	16320	x	24.37%	=	3977
Step 2	Total kWhrs supplied by DWR				=	9408
Step 3	Total	9408	x	$0.09395 per kWhr paid to DWR	=	$883.88
Step 4		$883.88	+	$165.23 DWR Bond Charge	=	$1,049.11
Step 5		$1,049.11	x	1.10%	=	$11.54
		$11.54	=	Franchise Fee on Electric Energy Supplied by Others

Pricing History For Electricity Supplied By DWR

Effective Date	Price per kWhr
April 1, 2002	$0.07742
January 1, 2003	$0.10301
February 21, 2003	$0.10354
June 30, 2003	$0.09432
September 12, 2003	$0.10114
January 22, 2004	$0.08814
August 31, 2004	$0.07656
December 21, 2004	$0.07816
April 21, 2005	$0.07621
November 15, 2005	$0.08810
January 1, 2006	$0.08142
January 1, 2007	$0.05823
January 1, 2008	$0.10199
May 1, 2008	$0.09395
January 1, 2009	$0.11004
May 1, 2009	$0.10416
January 1, 2010	$0.06112
January 1, 2011	$0.04989