Last month city council approved a 9% rate increase for this year and 9% next year. (Residents will be paying 18.8% more in utility fees in about 13 months.)
The city council approved the budget for the new fiscal year. Read about the issues that were debated. The impact of these decisions kick in on the first of July! No members voted against this budget. 
The chairman of the Sacramento Utilities Rate Advisory Commission resigned because of the size of the proposed rate increase from his committee. 