Pete,
The $6.9 million has some problems that BCWA hasn't been fully candid on.
First, $5 million of that money was from a voter initiative in 2004 specifically allocated to "complete the Shad Pipeline". The Legislature has little in the way of authority to reallocate the money.
Second, the remainder of that amount was from a state transfer of $3.2 million in 1998 that, according to the records, may not have been an authorized transfer of state funds.
The State Budget Office is currently trying to sort this out as to how the transfer of state funds ever took place in advance of completion of the Shad Pipeline.
That $6.9 million may be an illusion, and rate payers themselves might have to cover this over and above the already requested 30% increase.
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