Will San Diego Gas & Electric bulldog through their Carlsbad plan? Efforts by San Diego Gas & Electric to push through a new gas-fired power plant in Carlsbad fly in the face of instructions from the California Public Utilities Commission, Sierra Club lawyers contend. “Under the state’s clean energy policy, which the San Onofre decision…
The Desert Renewable Conservation Plan has been released. This plan expects to affect very little of San Diego County, but all of Imperial County. The development of the desert is presented as a way to meet climate change goals as well as the development of renewables in the southwest. “The DRECP planning area covers private,…
San Diego Gas & Electric Environmental Impact Report Master Special Use Permit Project and Permit to Construct Power Line Replacement Projects Notification of Availability and of a Public Meeting Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, California 91901 Southern California, one of the most…
What are the cumulative impacts on our region from the loss of federal, state and county public lands? In the span of just a few short years, we’ve lost vast tracts of our most beautiful properties once set aside by the federal, state and county governments as preserves for future generations. Wildfires, budget cuts, and…
When workers from San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) cut chains on a gate and demanded that vehicles be moved on a ranch in the 3300 block of Gird Road so they could begin work on the property, the owners said they were “stunned” as they have pending legal action in process with the California…
Once again SDG&E is skirting the details, worse yet, the laws, rules and regulations put in place to safeguard our environment and our safety. SDG&E’s Power Line Replacement Project Tie–Line 637 Wood-to-Steel Project Scoping SDG&E’s Master Special Use Permit (Project) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). These comments are…
CPUC shows its inbred corruption Over a period of several years, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) cozied up to its buddies at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which cares about utility profits, but not about ratepayer fairness. SDG&E wanted its ratepayers to pick up uninsured costs for the damage it caused in the…
SDG&E’s ‘Wood to Metal Power Poles,’ which weave in and out through the Cleveland National Forest and private lands, have raised some legitimate concerns amongst residents and numerous community Organizations. The U.S. Forest Service renewed the utility’s’ Master Special Use Permit and Power Line Replacement Project permits in order for SDGE to continue to operate its’…
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the environmental review for the construction of the San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) Tie–Line 637 Wood-To-Steel Project located in central San Diego County, near the communities of Ramona and Santa Ysabel, California. An application for this project was submitted to the CPUC on March 13, 2013 (Application A.13-03-003) and…
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