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The independent report found that the revised SSJID business plan is at least $200 million short of reaching its advertised rate-cut and confirms that SSJID’s plans continue to be riddled with incomplete and inaccurate information.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Common Sense San Joaquin Common Sense San Joaquin Coalition Urges SSJID to Drop Ill-Conceived Takeover Attempt Manteca (CA) - The Common Sense San Joaquin Coalition is calling on the South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID) to stop wasting taxpayer money and to immediately drop its ill-conceived government...
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Stockton Record: Don’t let SSJID Replace PG&E
I have no doubt that SSJID's millions of dollars in miscalculations, as mentioned in this report, are just the tip of the iceberg. SSJID can't even put together a plan that adds up to get this off the ground; imagine what the customers' bills will look like when they finally come in the mail.
Modesto Bee: SSJID Should Stick with Irrigation
SSJID has spent millions of our dollars trying to take over a private sector company. That wasted money belonged to the people of the district. Citizens should realize that the untold millions that SSJID still wants to spend is to buy the electricity distribution infrastructure that PG&E already owns — and it already serves us well! Why would we want to pay for it again?
Modesto Bee: Cost of booting PG&E Disputed
MANTECA — The South San Joaquin Irrigation District would need to pay millions more than expected to oust Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and begin providing power for Manteca, Escalon and Ripon, an independent consultant has determined.
Stockton Record: S.J. Utility Takeover Plan Costs Disputed
MANTECA - The South San Joaquin Irrigation District would need to pay millions more than expected to oust Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and begin providing power for Manteca, Escalon and Ripon, an independent consultant has determined.
Common Sense holds food drive to aid Harvest Food Bank
Common Sense San Joaquin hosted its first annual holiday party last Thursday, December 16 for a rapidly growing coalition of community members, and collected donations of canned and non-perishable food items for the Second Harvest Food Bank
Stockton Record Letter to the Editor: SSJID should just give it up
When I read that South San Joaquin Irrigation District's miscalculations might result in higher electricity rates, I decided to read this report for myself. I was shocked. The reports says that SSJID was way off the mark on its estimations. If they still want to take over the electric service, this error is going to cost customers a lot of money...
Stockton Record: Irrigation district needs to stay out of power business
By Victor MowFormer chairman, San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors Here in the Central Valley, we have been hit hard by this ongoing recession. As an elected official, I know that the most fiscally responsible thing government can do at a time like this is find ways to do more with less. When I was chairman of the San Joaquin County Board of...
Modesto Bee: Appraisal: Electric system worth triple SSJID's offer
The electricity system in and near Escalon, Ripon and Manteca is worth more than triple what the South San Joaquin Irrigation District has offered to pay for it, a new appraisal says. The estimate of $201 million to $235 million came from a consultant hired by the San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission, which will consider the district's...
Stockton Record: Report questions SSJID's claim
A report finds that the South San Joaquin Irrigation District has the personnel in place to oust Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and begin providing power for Manteca, Escalon and Ripon. But the report says the district underestimated the cost of the power and questions its ability to provide rates that are 15 percent cheaper than PG&E's. The...
