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A 37-page analysis performed by three UCAN experts concluded that the Commission should turn off the lights on an SDG&E proposal to "de-energize" over 45,000 customers who live in rural San Diego County during fire threats. The experts concluded that SDG&E's plan might actually increase fire risk, rather than decrease it. It also found that it was inadequately evaluated, contained misleading data and couldn't be economically or legally justified. To read the entire report, click here. The Commission is planning to hold public hearings on the proposal in San Diego during April but - incredibly -- it chose not to hold evidentiary hearings on the proposal.
UCAN's affiliate New Media Rights is hosting a discussion forum on the future of media and journalism in San Diego. Join in on the discussion now!
UCAN's affiliate New Media Rights is hosting a discussion forum on the future of media and journalism in San Diego. Join in on the discussion now!
UCAN's affiliate New Media Rights is hosting a discussion forum on the future of media and journalism in San Diego. Join in on the discussion now!
KFMB NEWS: Best Windows and Doors has already made a name for itself selling worthless "NERF" Home Improvement rebates to unsuspecting seniors, but now reports are surfacing of deceptive dealings with costly solar panels. Best Windows and Doors latest victim? An 82-year old woman. Full Story.
Here's a summary of the renewable energy provisions in the recently passed Stimulus bill compiled by ACORE. Most notable for some consumers is that the bill increases the tax credit for qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles for the first 200,000 placed in service. The base amount of the credit is $2500. Batteries with at least 5 kilowatt hours of capacity have a credit of $2917. The credit cannot exceed $5000
Robert A. Kittle, Opinion Editor at the San Diego Union Tribune is at it again. And now he's serving up a heaping helping of "kittle litter" in today's opinion titled "Power Play." His latest "scoop?" Mr. Kittle says that SDG&E knows what's best for you, and that you should trust them. As usual, Bob Kittle's opinion isn't based on facts, it was dictated to him by his cronies at SDG&E. FULL STORY.
IMPERIAL VALLEY LIVING - UCAN, the Utility Consumers' Action Network, has filed an appeal of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval of San Diego Gas & Electric's Sunrise Powerlink project. UCAN Executive Director Michael Shames is disputing the decision and 18 different point. READ MORE
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)'s December 24, 2008 decision approving the Sunrise Powerlink was an exercise in regulatory wish fulfillment. Rather than accepting the actual facts in the case, the regulators contorted the evidence to achieve their objective of approving the line despite the facts.
UCAN's experts submitted testimony in A. 08-07-017 describing SDG&E's self-acclaimed Solar Energy Project as overly expensive, relying upon antiquated technology and so poorly conceived and researched that it is rendered literally meaningless.
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