HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025 SAC Rate Notice METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL
October 8, 2024
TO: FINANCE OFFICIALS, BUILDING AND INSPECTION DEPARTMENTS
SUBJECT: SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE (SAC) RATE FOR 2025
The Metropolitan Council in July adopted a $0 increase in the base metropolitan SAC rate effective January 1,
2025. In 2025,the base metropolitan SAC rate will be$2,485 for metropolitan customer communities
connected to our system (same as it was from 2014 through 2024).
Pursuant to Minn. Statute 473.517 subd. 3, your community pays a metropolitan (or wholesale) SAC to the
Council as users connect to the metropolitan wastewater system for the first time or as a user's maximum
demand for sewer capacity increases. In addition, pursuant to Minn. Statutes sections 444.075 (3), or other
State laws,your community may:
• Pass on the regional SAC charge to property or business owners
• Add on a local SAC charge
• Collect the fees in a different manner than the metropolitan SAC
In addition, credits may apply in varying ways from community to community.
As you may know, the SAC system was implemented metro-wide in 1973. The metropolitan SAC funds we
collect pay for the capital costs associated with building reserve capacity into the metropolitan wastewater
system to accommodate the needs of future users. The SAC program facilitates equity by imposing the costs of
building reserve capacity on communities proportionate to their new capacity demand (from development or
changes in use on specific properties) rather than imposing those costs on existing users. Moreover, the
regional pooling of development risk and the SAC pay-as-you-build system has largely relieved communities of
the economic risk of building major new wastewater infrastructure.
If you have any SAC procedural questions, please feel free to contact me at jessie.nye@metc.state.mn.us or
651-602-1378. You can also find the SAC Procedure Manual on our website at
www.metrocouncil.org/SACprogram.
Please share the information in this letter with your staff as appropriate.As always,we appreciate your
cooperation.
Sincerely,
Manager, SAC Program
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services An Equal Opportunity Employer
390 Robert Street North.Saint Paul,MN 55 1 01-1 805
P 651 602.17701F 651 602 1030 1 TTY 651.291.0904
www.metrocouncil.orq/SACoroqram