The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is a Department of the City and County of San Francisco and is comprised of three essential utilities: water, power, and sewer. SFPUC provides 2.7 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area with water services, as well as sewerage and clean power to the residents and businesses of San Francisco. SFPUC is the third largest public utility in California, with 2300 employees working in seven California counties with a combined annual operating budget of over $1 billion. On October 25, 2018 at the American Water Summit in Philadelphia, Paula Kehoe, Water Resources Director of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, accepted the offer of membership into the Leading Utilities of the World network and received a 'Golden Tap' award, recognising the achievement of the highest level of utility service.