guestsquared,

The original calculation was based on the difference between 4 percent of the 2014 median income of $43,715 and 3.2 percent, Lawson's proposed target, which is $350. I based that information on some affordability data that was prepared back in December for the board and that Lawson referred me to.

But Lawson clarified in an email after the online story posted Thursday night that he had included a 2.5 percent annual escalator, raising the median income to $50,695 in 2020. A target of 3.2 percent of that median income, is $1,622, or about a $127 reduction from the current $1,750 average annual water and electric bill cited by EWEB.

I corrected the online story as soon as I could after rerunning the numbers.

Yes, math is hard, but so is reporting about math when you don't have all the numbers despite your best efforts to get them and make them relevant to readers.

My apologies,

Christian Hill
Reporter, The Register-Guard