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A second round of bids for the right to deliver gas and electric services within the city limits of San Diego were unsealed Friday and the result was the same as the first round, with San Diego Gas & Electric turning in the only offer $70 million to provide electric services and $10 million to deliver gas within the city limits.
Mayor Todd Gloria will now look over SDG&E’s submissions in consultation with the City Attorney’s Office.
The city reserves the right to continue negotiating with the utility in order to hammer out a deal that can win the approval of a supermajority of the San Diego City Council.
The Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse
Lake Powell, a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, is the nation’s second-largest reservoir by maximum water capacity, supplying water to several Western states.
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
No country is immune from water scarcity issues not even the world’s wealthiest country, the United States.
The southwestern states, in particular, have faced frequent and ongoing droughts over the past two decades, and traditional water supplies are failing. As groundwater supplies in the region have depleted substantially, rainfall has decreased and the costs of importing water have risen substantially.