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The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) may have approved SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink but obstacles to the massive project are ahead starting with a legal challenge by UCAN. READ MORE
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) may have approved SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink but obstacles to the massive project are ahead starting with a legal challenge by UCAN. READ MORE
San Francisco Chronicle - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is conducting a hearing today in San Francisco to decide the fate of the controversial Sunrise Powerlink project proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. UCAN Executive Director Michael Shames says he'll take the project to court if it is approved by the state regulatory body. READ MORE
San Francisco Chronicle - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is conducting a hearing today in San Francisco to decide the fate of the controversial Sunrise Powerlink project proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. UCAN Executive Director Michael Shames says he'll take the project to court if it is approved by the state regulatory body. READ MORE
KPBS RADIO - This interview of UCAN's Executive Director, Michael Shames, is about as pithy as it gets when it comes to explaining why the Sunrise PowerLink is such a stupendously bad idea. The idea is so bad, in fact, that SDG&E refused to even answer the questions that KPBS reporters were asking. Full Story.
Comments by various parties on the ALJ's proposed decision and the Grueneich alternate have been filed. They are revealing. UCAN's comments revealed, for the first time, that the cost of Sunrise will be over $24 billion......not the $1.7 billion figure used by SDG&E. The discrepancy? Full story.
As UCAN anticipated, CPUC President Michael Peevey issued a proposed decision favoring SDG&E's position on the Sunrise Powerlink.
As UCAN anticipated, CPUC President Michael Peevey issued a proposed decision favoring SDG&E's position on the Sunrise Powerlink.
This Union Tribune Editorial by UCAN's Executive Director, Michael Shames, exposes the three big lies about the proposed Sunrise Powerlink. Those lies are: 1) That the PowerLink must be built next year. 2) That it will save ratepayers money, and 3) That it will provide green energy. FULL STORY.
This Union Tribune Editorial by UCAN's Executive Director, Michael Shames, exposes the three big lies about the proposed Sunrise Powerlink. Those lies are: 1) That the PowerLink must be built next year. 2) That it will save ratepayers money, and 3) That it will provide green energy. FULL STORY.
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