{"id":4904,"date":"2020-12-21T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T22:23:53","slug":"mayor-gloria-rejects-sdge-bid-for-gas-and-electric-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4904","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Gloria Rejects SDG&#038;E Bid For Gas and Electric Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Justin Culetu<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced that he will be rejecting San Diego Gas &amp; Electric\u2019s bid for the city&#8217;s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0gas and electric utilities contract. After an informational meeting with the City Council Members, Gloria touted the lone bid as \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorToddGloria\/status\/1340082094014263296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1340082094014263296%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffox5sandiego.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fgloria-to-reject-unresponsive-sdge-bid-for-gas-and-electric-agreement%2F\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unresponsive<\/span><\/a>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The minimum amount for the bid was revealed to be $80 million, which was set by former Mayor Kevin Faulconer. During a meeting last week, many callers asked the council to request a one-year extension in order to get the new mayor as well as five new councilmembers up to speed on the bid. Mayor Gloria did mention that he will be extending the current agreement that SDG&amp;E and the city have until new opportunities are presented, but not necessarily for a year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Mayor Gloria, the one-year extension called for by the council was not a good use of the city\u2019s resources which are already strained due to the COVID-19 pandemic. \u00a0The council was split in terms of reactions with some members showing frustration at the decision while others asked for patience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1920, SDG&amp;E has been the gas and electric utility for San Diego. The current agreement between the company and the city, which was signed in 1970, expires on January 17th and the council does not meet<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0again until January 12th.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Justin Culetu San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced that he will be rejecting San Diego Gas &amp; Electric\u2019s bid for the city&#8217;s\u00a0gas and electric utilities contract. After an informational meeting with the City Council Members, Gloria touted the lone bid as \u201cunresponsive.\u201d\u00a0 The minimum amount for the bid was revealed to be $80&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mayor Gloria Rejects SDG&amp;E Bid For Gas and Electric Contract - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4904\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayor Gloria Rejects SDG&amp;E Bid For Gas and Electric Contract - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Justin Culetu San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced that he will be rejecting San Diego Gas &amp; Electric\u2019s bid for the city&#8217;s\u00a0gas and electric utilities contract. 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