圣贝纳迪诺县参与组建水电联合权力机构：为内陆帝国供水与能源基建提供低成本融资
加州圣贝纳迪诺县与 Fenner Gap Mutual Water Company 已依据加州《联合行使权力法》组建圣贝纳迪诺水电联合权力机构（San Bernardino Water and Power Authority），专为内陆帝国地区的供水与能源基础设施提供低成本融资。县监事会于今年4月21日表决同意组建，该机构于10月19日对外宣布成立。
该机构10月5日举行首次会议，选举 Inland Empire Utilities Agency（IEUA）董事会主席 Steve Elie 出任主席；IEUA 已于9月2日正式加入，Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority 的董事会则于9月17日表决表达加入意向。董事会成员还包括代表监事 Paul Cook 出任临时秘书的 Dakota Higgins、县监事 Curt Hagman，以及出任司库的 Fenner Gap 代表 Barbara Lloyd。
据介绍，该机构将以发行收入债券、争取州与联邦资金等方式，为供水、水处理、再生水、雨水收集、输送、地下水储蓄及配套能源项目提供融资，目标是降低当地家庭与企业的用水与能源成本、减少对进口水的依赖。监事会主席 Dawn Rowe 表示，分散行事的办法已不再奏效，单个机构无力独自承担解决问题所需的投资；Fenner Gap 总裁 Susan Kennedy 表示，新机构将以各成员已有的专业能力为基础推进项目。
San Bernardino County Helps Form Water and Power Authority: New Joint Powers Body to Finance Inland Empire Water and Energy Projects
San Bernardino County, California, and the Fenner Gap Mutual Water Company have formed the San Bernardino Water and Power Authority under California's Joint Exercise of Powers Act to provide low-cost financing for water and energy infrastructure across the Inland Empire. The county Board of Supervisors voted to form the authority on April 21, and the new body was publicly announced on October 19.
The authority held its first meeting on October 5 and elected Steve Elie, president of the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) board, as its president. IEUA formally joined on September 2, and the board of the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority voted on September 17 to express its intent to join. Other board members include Dakota Higgins, representing Supervisor Paul Cook as interim secretary; Supervisor Curt Hagman; and Barbara Lloyd of Fenner Gap, serving as treasurer.
The authority plans to use revenue bonds and state and federal funding to finance water supply, treatment, water reclamation, stormwater capture, conveyance, groundwater storage, and related energy projects, with the goal of lowering water and energy costs for households and businesses and reducing reliance on imported water. Board of Supervisors Chair Dawn Rowe said a fragmented approach no longer works and that no single agency can shoulder the needed investment alone. Fenner Gap President Susan Kennedy said the authority will build on the expertise its members already have.
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图片来源：图为位于圣贝纳迪诺县境内的 Seven Oaks Dam（资料图）。Michael Nevins 摄，美国陆军工程兵团，公共领域。 | Seven Oaks Dam in San Bernardino County (file photo). Photo by Michael Nevins, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
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