UCAN In the Media
Upgrade of SDG&E substation urged
North County Times June 5, 2007
A San Diego consumer watchdog group filed a motion Tuesday urging the California Public Utilities Commission to compel San Diego Gas & Electric Co. to upgrade a key substation in the East County so more electricity can move through it.
Utility Consumers' Action Network stated in the two-page filing that the upgrade would offer the potential to save electric ratepayers in San Diego County and around the state $12 million a year. The substation is the point where power transported across a transmission line that runs near Interstate 8 reaches the utility's distribution system for customers in San Diego County and southern Orange County.
According to the filing, part of the time the Bonita substation handles 1,900 megawatts of electricity part of the time and 1,450 megawatts at other times. A megawatt, the standard measuring unit for electricity, is what it takes to keep the lights on in 1,000 homes.
The filing urges that steps be taken to boost the capacity to 1,900 megawatts at all times.
The filing suggests San Diego Gas & Electric, on its own, would be reluctant to boost capacity because that could weaken its argument for the need for the proposed Sunrise Powerlink power line well to the north, through the backcountry of North County.
Scott Crider, public affairs manager for the Sunrise project, said San Diego Gas & Electric will address the issue in a rebuttal to be filed with the commission on June 15.
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I NEED TO UPGRADE MY KITCHEN AT A SMALL BAR / GRILL IN ORANGE COUNTY CAN SOMEBODY REFER ME TO SOMEONE WHO INSTALLS THESE??? PLEASE EMAIL ME ANGRYINOC@YAHOO.COM
we renounced to the privacy
we renounced to the privacy right. because they scared us made us to sign and forget about some rights that we had before !
Now the monuments start to
Now the monuments start to come into view across the river. First I see the U.S. Capitol dome far in the distance.
It seems that the things are
It seems that the things are getting more complicated as ever. I do not understand some decisions, but unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it...
Utilities and Payday Loans: A Dangerous Combination
It's so reassuring to think the most vulnerable consumers are being set up as potential targets for predatory lending by their own gas & electric companies. At what cost is the "buck" and where does the "buck" really stop? Hopefully, you'll be just as shocked as we are.
http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2007/06/utilities_and_p.html ---The National Consumer Law Center today issued a very interesting report on how utilities are funneling their most financially-vulnerable customers to payday loan stores. http://www.nclc.org/reports/content/payday_utility.pdf
As the report explains, when utilities send their customers to pay bills in the storefronts of ultra-highcost payday lenders, those customers become targets for predatory loans. The practice is widespread. A review of lists of authorized payment stations of 21 large utility chains found more than 650 licensed payday lenders. To utilities, the use of payday lenders as authorized bill payment agents provides an inexpensive way to satisfy customers’ demands for locations where they can pay utility bills in person and in cash. Payday lenders make the deals in order to bring into their establishments potential customers for their ultra-high-cost loan products. In fact, payday lenders so covet the traffic generated by bill payment that some bypass making arrangements with utilities and offer “unauthorized” bill payment services. Why utility customers? Because there are millions of them. And those who pay bills in person have some of the characteristics--low-income, minority, female, elderly--that make them prime targets for payday lenders.
Among other things, the NCLC report recommends (1) that regulators prohibit utilities from using payday loan stores as authorized payment centers and (2) that utilities discourage customers from paying bills where ultra-high-cost loans are marketed and transacted, and provide them with safe alternatives.
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