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State Treasurer's Assessment of the Affordability and Financing Considerations of the Bay Delta Conveyance Facility - March 26, 2015
1. Amy Chen, Director of MWD Program
Imported Water Committee
March 26, 2015
2. Cost of the Delta conveyance facility is within range
of urban and agricultural users capacity to pay
On average, supply costs for the BDCP are
competitive to alternative supplies
2
CVP contractors will need to develop
financing mechanism to fund their
share of BDCP, including creation of
take-or-pay contracts or rate
stabilization fund
3. 3
“a number of important financing issues…will need to be resolved
before bonds could be issued to support construction of the BDCP
conveyance facility…”
Issuance of bonds:
“may not be representative of the many
smaller SWP and CVP contactors, most
notably CVP agricultural water users.”
Modeled four agencies:
“ability to pay for the BDCP-related costs depends
primarily upon their agricultural customers’ capacity to
absorb these higher water costs…”
Agricultural contractors:
“much higher for permanent crops and
vegetable crops and much lower for row crops.”
Capacity to Pay:
4. 4
“Because so much
uncertainty remains as
to how costs will
actually be allocated
among water
contractors and their
customers, however,
all of the results
presented here
should be considered
preliminary and
illustrative.”
5. Total estimated BDCP costs: $25 billion
Water contractors’ share: $17 billion
Cost allocation between SWP and CVP
Two scenarios: 50/50, 60/40
Three cases evaluated
Base
Costs and construction schedule, same as BDCP; 40-year
bond
Best
Capital costs 10% less than base; interest rates 1% lower
Worst
Capital costs 30% higher; interest rates 2% more
5
6. 6
Base Case Best Case Worst Case
Total Peak Cost
Peak Contractor Cost ($2015) $909M $604M $1,359M
SWP Share
50/50 Split for SWP/CVP ($2015) $455M $302M $680M
60/40 Split for SWP/CVP ($2015) $546M $362M $816M
MWD Share (Table A)*
50/50 Split for SWP/CVP ($2015) $211M $140M $315M
60/40 Split for SWP/CVP ($2015) $253M $168M $378M
]
1. Source: MWD presentation from January 27, 2015
* MWD performed its own analysis in 2013, when that analysis is brought forward to 2015$, it
shows MWD share would be $250M under a 50/50 split or $299M under a 60/40 split
7. 7
MWD Incremental BDCP Benefits (Based on Table A%) = 199,337AF1
Cost
Split
Base Case Best Case Worst
Case
MWD
Estimate2
MWD Share Peak
Annual Cost3
(2015$)
SWP:
60%
CVP:
40%
$253 M $168 M $378 M $299 M
MWD Cost/
BDCP Incremental
Benefit
$1,269/AF $843/AF $1,896/AF $1,500/AF
1. Based on data provided in MWD’s September 23, 2014 presentation, MWD’s calculated incremental BDCP
benefit is about 200,000 AF/Y on average, based on its Table A allocation
2. MWD's 2013 estimate (presented in 2014) displayed in 2015 $s
3. Costs shown differ from State Treasurer's Report: Nominal $ shown in State Treasurer's Report; 2015$ shown
in MWD PPT and here. Data shown can be found in MWD’s January 27, 2015 presentation
8. 8
“Even if the CVP
contractors develop a new
credit with take-or-pay
obligations and similar
credit features to the DWR
bonds, it is not clear at this
point whether $10.25
billion of bonds (assuming
a 50/50 split) in the base
case could reasonably be
issued without a large rate
stabilization fund or other
credit enhancement or
subsidy from the federal
government, state
government or SWP
contractors.”
9. 9
“..there are a number of
important risks…
Construction cost
overruns and
delays…Regulatory
uncertainty…if.. State
and federal funding for
habitat conservation is
not …forthcoming, the
ability to operate the
tunnels could be
jeopardized.. Climate
change…presents a
financing risk…”
11. Important financing issues must be resolved
before bonds could be issued
Certainty of revenue stream critical
Debt service requirements for SWP contractors
Need for CVP contractors to develop new credit to
finance their share
State Treasurer’s Report is illustrative
11