AB 457

This bill subjects municipal storm water utilities to the full authority of the

Public Service Commission to regulate rates and services. Current law authorizes

municipalities to construct and operate systems for collecting, transporting,

pumping, treating, or disposing storm water and surface water and to establish

service charges to meet the costs of any of the following requirements of such a

system: constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, operating, maintaining,

repairing, or depreciating the system or paying the principal and interest of any

indebtedness incurred for the system. Under current law, municipal storm water

utilities are generally not subject to PSC's jurisdiction, except for addressing

complaints by users that municipal storm water utility rates, rules, or practices are

unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory.