VICTORVILLE, CA—The City of Victorville has expanded its utilities offerings for electrical services and industrial wastewater treatment. Victorville has approved a wholesale distribution load interconnection facilities agreement with Southern California Edison that will enable the City to provide electricity to additional large-scale commercial users. Additionally, the city's water district issued its first pre-treatment permit since having constructed its 2.5-million-gallon-per-day industrial wastewater treatment plant for the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group manufacturing plant.

“The expansion of our utilities offerings exemplifies our dedication to creating a competitive advantage for the businesses that occupy Victorville's commercial properties,” says Keith Metzler, assistant city manager at the City of Victorville.

Victorville will distribute electricity to commercial users through an expansion of its local distribution system, which will be connected with the statewide power grid through SCE. The provision of this form of electricity is similar to how Victorville provides power to industrial tenants at the Southern California Logistics Airport, including Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and the Boeing Co.

In comparison to the offerings of local investor-owned utilities, the electricity that Victorville provides will create competitive savings for large-scale commercial users locating in the area. The first commercial user affected by the IFA is the St. Mary's Medical Center project, which is currently under construction along Amargosa Rd. and I-15.

Victorville's latest industrial wastewater pre-treatment permit was issued to Leading Edge Aircraft Services, allowing the discharge of certain industrial waste that is the byproduct of washing newly manufactured aircraft, prior to being painted with a new airline livery. The permit will create efficiencies and savings for Leading Edge by omitting the company's requirement to haul off their industrial waste. After treatment, the industrial wastewater treatment plant will return reclaimed water for industrial consumption. “The City anticipates several commercial deals as a result of its utilities expansion.”

GlobeSt.com was unable to reach Metzler before deadline to discuss whether this expansion is expected to encourage other municipalities in the area to effect similar expansions.

As GlobeSt.com reported earlier this month, the SCLA here is being used not just for flight, but for aircraft painting, maintenance, storage and as an international hub, Metzler told GlobeSt.com. Moreover, the airport and the city itself have been recognized by both Hollywood and Madison Ave. as ideal for filming movies, TV show and commercials—in fact, the airport was recently the site of Southwest Airlines' newly filmed commercial.