Dear colleagues: The City Manager/Council is interested to know what other cities are doing to deal with the rising costs of power. Our local utility provider (SDG&E) has offered some "relief" to San Diego area cities as follows: 1. Defer increases, pay the amount paid last fiscal year; 2. Level payment plan for current fiscal year; and 3. Utility efficiency audit. With the existing power market what it is, there is no real economic relief from deferring or leveling the high utility costs. An efficiency audit is a good idea, however. We would like to know what strategies other cities are taking to meet the rising utility costs in the budget. One suggestion that was made was "not paying the utility bill at all", reflecting the strong emotional side of this deregulated power market issue. Your responses would be appreciated. Survey results will be posted by Friday Sept 8th. Thank you. John Herrera, Administrative Services Director/Treasurer City of Imperial Beach 825 Imperial Beach Blvd Imperial Beach, CA 91932 (619) 628-1361
