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Allocation to Customers <br />All customers are billed based on their meter size and water use level. The total revenue requirements <br />reflect the final cost allocation in Table 45. These totals will be applied to customers based on the <br />corresponding number of units allocated to that customer in the rate design. <br />Allocation to Units <br />The final step of the COS analysis is to allocate the cost causative components back to the customers. <br />In order to perform this, unit values were determined for each cost component. <br />• Source of supply and recycled water costs will be further subdivided in the rate design stage <br />based on internal parameters of each, so those costs are wholly applied to their respective <br />category in one unit. <br />• The number of potable equivalent meters will be used to distribute fixed base delivery related <br />service costs. <br />• The total potable water use will be used to distribute the portion of base delivery related service <br />costs which were allocated to the variable rate. <br />• The number of potable equivalent meters will be used to distribute fixed delivery capacity related <br />service costs. <br />• The number of potable equivalent meters will be used to distribute meter related service costs. <br />• The number of bills in one year (the number of accounts multiplied by 12) serves as the basis for <br />distributing billing and customer service costs associated with customer billing and collection, and <br />other customer services costs. <br />• The number of potable equivalent meters will be used to distribute public fire related service costs. <br />• The number of private fire equivalent meters will be used to distribute private fire related service <br />costs. <br />Table 51 shows the total cost allocation by cost component divided by the corresponding unit values to <br />develop a unit cost for each. <br />City of Santa Ana - 2026 Water and Sewer Rate Study <br />37 <br />