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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />CITY ATTOP\EY5 OFFICE <br />3900 MAN STREET <br />RIVEP.SIDE, CA 92522 <br />(951) 82(-5567 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2021-2 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF THE CITY OF <br />RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA (1) ADOPTING REVISED WATER RULE 7, <br />"DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF WATER SERVICE" AND <br />ELECTRIC RULE 7, "DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF <br />ELECTRIC SERVICE"; (2) MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; AND <br />(3) RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THEREOF <br />WHEREAS, the City of Riverside's ("City") Department of Public Utilities ("RPU") has <br />submitted for action by the Board of Public Utilities ("Board") and the City Council, the <br />proposed adoption and approval of revised Water Rule 7, "Discontinuance and Restoration of <br />Water Service" and revised Electric Rule 7, "Discontinuance and Restoration Of Electric <br />Service," as further explained herein; and <br />WHEREAS, Senate Bill 998 was adopted September 28, 2018, and applies to public <br />water systems that supply water to more than 200 service connections and prohibits residential <br />water service from being disconnected under special circumstances. Publicly owned water <br />utilities such as RPU were required to comply with the requirements of SB 998 by February 1, <br />2020. The bill provided residential water service customers that have been identified and <br />verified as low-income (200% below the Federal Poverty Level) with a 60 -day waiting period <br />during delinquency before receiving a 48-hour disconnection notice and qualifies them for an <br />amortized payment plan, as well as a reduced same day reconnection fee of $50; and <br />WHEREAS, Water Rule 7, "Discontinuance and Restoration of Water Service" and <br />Electric Rule 7, "Discontinuance And Restoration of Electric Service," provide rules for <br />discontinuance of water and electric service for reasons including customer request, unsafe <br />equipment, situations in which the water service was activated without application of service, <br />dangers to the health of the customer, inability to pay utility bill, fraud, service at more than one <br />location, when the utility's business is closed, when there is a landlord -tenant relationship and a <br />master metered residential unit; and <br />WHEREAS, on February 4, 2020, the City Council approved changes to Water Rule 7, <br />"Discontinuance and Restoration of Water Service" and Appendix A: Water Fees and Charges <br />1 <br />