The South San Joaquin Irrigation District board hopes $150,000 will be enough to hit a “moving target” and end a 46-month ordeal of trying to get its bid to reduce power rates by 15 percent past the Local Agency Formation Commission.That’s the way that general counsel Steve Emrick described the quest for completing the LAFCo required municipal service review that is crucial to the organization’s bid to takeover PG&E’s existing power delivery system in Manteca, Ripon and Escalon. And with nearly $500,000 already invested in the process – including $250,000 for the initial report by PA Consulting and more than $200,000 for a redraft (plus administrative fees imposed by LAFCO) – the price tag for the latest go-round left many on the board shaking their heads in disbelief. It is $350,000.
When will LAFCo process end for SSJID power bid?