Welcome
LCRA Firm Water
Customer Meeting
October 27, 2011
Pro Rata Curtailment
Process
Gail Oliver, Manager, External Relations
October 27, 2011
Objectives
• Brief history of rules and plan
• Key elements of pro rata curtailment
• Timeline for completing customer
curtailment plans
Origin of Pro Rata Curtailment
• Texas Water Code – used in times of shortages
• Included in all LCRA Water Management Plans,
beginning in 1989
• Only in a drought worse than Drought of
Record
• Rules drafted in 2009-2010, with input gathered
at customer meetings.
• LCRA Board approved rules in June, 2010.
Pro Rata Rules and Plan
• LCRA Water Management Plan requires
LCRA to submit a “pro rata curtailment plan”
to TCEQ for approval
• Pro rata plan approved by Board in October
2011 is consistent with the pro rata rules
Pro Rata Water Reduction
Determination
• Determine Reference Year
– must be a recent dry year
– need not be a calendar year
• From Reference Year, customer baseline
amount determined
• Customer annual allotment = 20% reduction of
baseline amount
Potential changes in
Customer Allotments
• Modification to the Baseline Amount
– Quantifiable conservation measure savings
– Growth, outage, other documented reason
• Variance in % of water curtailed
– Emergency condition threatening public health,
welfare and safety
– Evaluated on a case-by-case basis
Customer Curtailment Plan:
Includes Three Elements
1. Customer annual allotment
2. Drought Coordinator
3. Specific measures implemented to
achieve curtailment
Other Rule Elements
• Trading
• Incentives
• Ending of pro rata curtailment
• Increase in pro rata reduction amount
Compliance
• LCRA will provide quarterly updates, notify
customer of any exceedence
• Surcharges – two to 10 times current firm water
rate, depending upon magnitude of
exceedence
• Implementation of measures shall not excuse
customer’s failure to achieve annual allotment
Process and Timeline
LCRA notifies customers within 6 months of
potential for curtailment
LCRA mails customer allocations
Customers may request modifications for
conservation, growth or other reasons
Process and Timeline
Customers submit curtailment plans
and may request temporary health and safety
variances
LCRA accepts customer curtailment plans
If DWDR criteria met, Board orders curtailment
Customers implement plans
LCRA Resources
• Handouts from meeting
• www.lcra.org/prorata : forms, rules,
presentations from meetings
• LCRA staff – available for meeting one-onone, in person or over phone
Final Notes
• All interruptible water would cease before
pro rata curtailment could begin.
• While we hope and pray for the best, we are
preparing for the possibility of pro rata
curtailment.
• We ask that you do so as well.
• We are here to help you.