PG&E customers in Manteca using 750 kilowatt hours of electricity each month are now paying $237 more a month than those households using the same amount of power in Modesto.
Category: Updates
December 2024
SSJID will pay 2.5 percent of its retail power gross receipts collected within each of the entities to replace franchise fees and property taxes they would lose when PG&E no longer provides retail power within district boundaries.
October 2024
Households, businesses, and schools would have had at least $174.5 million more in their collective pockets over the past decade if South San Joaquin Irrigation District had been the retail power provider in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon instead of PG&E.
September 2024
PG&E rates rise 50.4% since 2020. County may weigh steps it can take. Supervisor Robert Rickman wants San Joaquin County to back legislation in Sacramento aimed at addressing runaway PG&E bills.
February 2024
Manteca Avoids paying PG&E $400,000 Yearly Thanks To SSJID
South San Joaquin Irrigation District hasn’t yet cleared the final court hurdles to become Manteca’s retail electricity provider, but they have already been saving residents and businesses money when it comes to PG&E costs.
February 2024
Supervisor Rickman and Board Encourage Residents to Contact CPUC Over Proposed Rate Increases
The San Joaquin Board of Supervisors oppose the latest round of rate hikes proposed by PG&E. The Board voted to oppose these rate hikes and encouraged the public to reach out to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to express how the recent and proposed rate hikes will impact their budgets and livelihoods.
January 2024
SSJID Readies For ‘Right to Take” Trial With PG&E
There is light at the end of the regulatory and judicial tunnel South San Joaquin Irrigation District has been traversing for 20 years to deliver on its promise of providing retail electricity to Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon at 15 percent below PG&E rates.
April 2023
Listen to SSJID’s General Manager discuss efforts to provide local retail electric service in an interview with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Local Energy Rules Podcast.
Electric customers in the San Joaquin Valley buy their electricity from Pacific Gas & Electric — a utility notoriously liable for causing wildfires and filing bankruptcy. Peter Rietkerk is sure that a public utility, specifically the South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID), could do a better job than PG&E.
February 2023
New Electric Utility Manager Will Spearhead Public Power Initiative
In a move to bring more dependable and affordable electric utility service to
residents and businesses, South San Joaquin Irrigation District established and filled a new
role to manage its retail and wholesale electric programs.
March 2022
High court refuses PG&E’s request for appeal
The California Supreme Court refuses a request by PG&E to appeal a lower court decision. This decision will allow SSJID to continue with its eminent domain efforts which could eventually force PG&E to sell the electrical system to SSJID.