JEA faces $50 million to $60 million in costs to serve customers of the Normandy Village Utility Co-Op Inc. in West Jacksonville after being appointed as the receiver of the abandoned cooperative and its failing equipment, staff told the JEA board Sept. 23.
In July, NVU filed a notice of abandonment of its operations to the Florida Public Service Commission and Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s office, saying it was operating at a net loss and that a majority of its board believed the not-for-profit co-op was “unlikely to remain operational for much longer.”
NVU, which was based along Normandy Boulevard near Interstate 295, provided water and wastewater services to 1,350 to 1,400 customers, according to JEA…