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These are the tables that go along with UCAN's Opening Brief Opposing the Sunrise Transmission Project. View tables.

Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) recommends that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) reject SDG&E's Sunrise project, as currently proposed. The months of discovery and weeks of evidentiary hearings have borne much greater clarity into the SDG&E application. They have revealed that the applicant has misled regulators and the public about the costs of the project, misstated the need and timeline for the project, and ignored smarter, more flexible and more economic alternatives. Read the full brief and view the tables.

ALJ Weissman to SDG&E's Linda Brown: "I understand that. What I am trying to really understand now, though, is not so much what kind of case can SDG&E bring in before the Commission to demonstrate that it needs the Sunrise line. I'm much more interested at this point in understanding the planning process within the company that leads you to the conclusion that you want to build Sunrise." Read more excerpts or view the Judge's full questioning of Linda Brown. Also, don't forget to read Michael Shames' account of the Judge's questioning.

UCAN's testimony urging the California Public Utilities Commission to
refuse SDG&E's Sunrise Transmission Project (Sunrise PowerLink).

UCAN has filed a motion against San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E), a subsidiary of Sempra Utilities, for unlawfully failing to disclose documents that should have been made available (read the motion here). The undisclosed documents include a major cost-cutting plan that could raise questions about SDG&E's proposed $1.5 billion rate increase. Read more on the SDG&E Rate Increase.

The California Public Utilities Commission issues the requirement and schedule for additional testimony from SDG&E. The ruling gives a roadmap for the processing of the entire application.