EWEB prices are high for several reasons. First, state law requires public utilities to pay 3% of their revenue to the local government, EWEB pays 6% and has pledged to increase the amount. Second, EWEB is overstaffed. In 2012 a comparison of EWEB and four other utilities in this area in customers per employees showed EWEB  as an outlier. For EWEB to reach the average of the other utilities, EWEB would have needed to reduce their staff by 150. And third, EWEB pays OT at double time, rather then time and a half as required by law.