provide customer notice and explanation of the rate changes, with the notice first reviewed by the Commission’s Public Advisor. Future Water Revenue Adjustment Mechanism/Modified Cost Balancing Account (WRAM/MCBA) advice letters filed and served by CaliforniaAmerican Water Company (Cal-Am) for the Monterey District shall request recovery of undercollections (or refunds of overcollections) by a uniform surcharge (or surcredit) on each unit of water sold (volumetric rate) including Tier 1. This applies to all WRAM/MCBA balances recovered once the new rate design is implemented. CalAm shall provide customer notice of each such advice letter consistent with General Order (GO) 96B. In addition, for each of the next three advice letter requests, CalAm shall notify all customers in the Monterey District by bill insert or direct mail of the request even if that notice is not otherwise required by GO 96B. The Notice shall be approved by the Commission’s Public Advisor before it is issued by Cal-Am. CaliforniaAmerican Water Company (Cal-Am) shall, within 60 days of the date of this decision, file a Tier 2 advice letter in conformance with General Order 96B. The advice letter shall include tariffs for the Monterey District that: (a) eliminate the residential allotment system, (b) recover 30 percent of residential customer fixed costs in the residential monthly service charge, (c) use the temporary modification to standard residential meter ratios recommended by Cal-Am for recovery of the increased percentage of fixed costs in the residential monthly service charge, (d) use the standardized residential rate design recommended by Cal-Am in which each customer gets the same amount of water in each tier at the tier break points and modified block widths, (e) reduce the
provide customer notice and explanation of the rate changes, with the notice first reviewed by the Commission’s Public Advisor. Future Water Revenue Adjustment Mechanism/Modified Cost Balancing Account (WRAM/MCBA) advice letters filed and served by CaliforniaAmerican Water Company (Cal-Am) for the Monterey District shall request recovery of undercollections (or refunds of overcollections) by a uniform surcharge (or surcredit) on each unit of water sold (volumetric rate) including Tier 1. This applies to all WRAM/MCBA balances recovered once the new rate design is implemented. CalAm shall provide customer notice of each such advice letter consistent with General Order (GO) 96B. In addition, for each of the next three advice letter requests, CalAm shall notify all customers in the Monterey District by bill insert or direct mail of the request even if that notice is not otherwise required by GO 96B. The Notice shall be approved by the Commission’s Public Advisor before it is issued by Cal-Am. CaliforniaAmerican Water Company (Cal-Am) shall, within 60 days of the date of this decision, file a Tier 2 advice letter in conformance with General Order 96B. The advice letter shall include tariffs for the Monterey District that: (a) eliminate the residential allotment system, (b) recover 30 percent of residential customer fixed costs in the residential monthly service charge, (c) use the temporary modification to standard residential meter ratios recommended by Cal-Am for recovery of the increased percentage of fixed costs in the residential monthly service charge, (d) use the standardized residential rate design recommended by Cal-Am in which each customer gets the same amount of water in each tier at the tier break points and modified block widths, (e) reduce the
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