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SUD Conversion: A Hail Mary for WSCs
by Danielle Lam While the population in Texas hit 30 million in 2022, the State’s water supplies are struggling to keep up with the growth.1 The Texas Water Development Board’s (“TWDB”) 2022 State Water Plan predicts that in the next… Read More
Impact Fees: What’s the Impact OF That?
by David Klein Adopting and implementing water and wastewater impact fees can be a very useful (and in some instances critical) tool for a municipality or water district (“District”) to generate the needed revenues to pay for the rising costs… Read More
Water and Sewer Utility Rate Changes
by David J. Klein and Lauren A. Binger Chapter 13 of the Texas Water Code (the “TWC”) bestows jurisdiction to the Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) to establish a regulatory system to regulate retail public utilities to assure rates, operations, and… Read More
Updating the Local Government Administrative Checklist
by Kathryn B. Thiel and Lauren J. Kalisek The 88th Legislative Session saw a number of changes to laws governing recurring administrative tasks of local governments, including water control & improvement districts, municipal utility districts, other special districts and… Read More
Taking Advantage of the Fair Market Value Methodology for Ratemaking Purposes in Water/Sewer System Acquisitions
by David Klein and Chloe Daniels It is commonplace in Texas for retail water and sewer systems to be bought and sold, and when the parties to such a transaction involve a for-profit utility and/or non-profit water supply corporation, the… Read More
Reflections and Considerations Regarding the Streamlined Expedited Decertification Process
by David J. Klein As we look to the last half of 2022, prior to the commencement of the 2023 Legislative Session, the quickest and most certain process for some Texas landowners to be removed from the service area boundaries… Read More
Visualizing 2022: Perspectives on Water/Wastewater CCNs
by David J. Klein While the 2021 headlines focused on the Public Utility Commission’s (“PUC’s”) attention to electric issues in response to Winter Storm Uri, the reality is that PUC also dedicated significant time and efforts to addressing issues concerning… Read More
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