American Water, a New Jersey-based public utility company, has confirmed that it has bid on JEA — the fourth of 17 bidders to identify itself in a process that so far remained shrouded in secrecy.
American Water has a 25 million-gallon-per-day desalination plant in Tampa, which supplies about 10 percent of the drinking water for the Tampa Bay area, and a Homeowner Services partnership with Orlando Utilities Commission.
“American Water has responded to JEA’s Invitation to Negotiate, and…