New Modesto Irrigation District Leaders Told of Legal Issues Involving Rates
From The Modesto Bee:
“A different legal interpretation could make it easier for the Modesto Irrigation District to raise electricity prices, the utility’s lawyer told leaders Monday in their first gathering since three men were elected to the five-member board. …
“MID leaders last year declined to raise power rates, a departure from sharp increases every year since 2000, noting that prices had stabilized for natural gas used to produce energy. The change coincided with MID learning privately from a contract attorney that a partial rate bump could violate a new state law.”
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