UCAN

Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) has hereby filed a Protest of SDG&E's application and,specifically, its request for expedited approval of construction of a Miramar Peaking Plant.
Click here to read UCAN's protest.

Today the Bureau of Land Management announced the lifting of its moratorium on solar energy applications. More.

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has released a nationwide study finding that "amid record gas prices, public support for greater energy exploration is spiking." More.

The Bureau of Land Management has struck a blow to the alternative energy industry. More.

The U.S. Energy Department has released its Annual Energy Outlook 2008 report. The AEO report, prepared by the Energy Information Administration, presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2030. More.

UNION-TRIBUNE - UCAN Executive Director Michael Shames, an opponent of the $1.5 billion SDG&E project, called the ruling a "bombshell." MORE

North County Times - The postponement until November of a final decision on the controversial Sunrise Powerlink is a "bombshell" and a major setback for SDG&E's project, says Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN).  READ MORE

The Senate Republicans have managed to defeat the renewal of the critical solar energy credits six times now. More.

Earlier this week the president of SEIA (The Solar Energy Industries Association) Rhone Resch released a statement about his disappointment "that the Senate has once again failed to reach a bipartisan consensus that would allow this important legislation to move forward." More.

In six months the investment tax credits, meant to stimulate investment in solar energy, and the production tax credit, meant to encourage investment in wind energy, are set to expire unless congress makes them a priority and renews them. More.