The State - News from June 15, 1988
Voters who approved an 18-month trial run for the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant face possible rate increases totaling 16.7% over the same period. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District was advised by its finance committee that two rate increases of 8.35% will be needed over the next 18 months to help offset costs related to the delayed restart of Rancho Seco, low hydroelectric power generation in the dry Sierra Nevada and higher-than-expected expenses of the nuclear plant’s eventual decommissioning.
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