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SDG&E has announced that it wants YOU to pay for its mistakes by footing the bill for fire insurance. The request is as simple as ABC - it is Arrogant, Bizarre, and Callow.
The Reader's business reporter, Don Bauder, shows why Wall Street loves SDG&E and Sempra: They practically own the decision-makers at the agency responsible for regulating them. According to Bauder, the regulators' mission is "massaging utilities and maiming consumers." More.
UCAN finally had its opportunity to de-politicize the Sunrise issue by taking the ill-conceived project up to the appellate courts. Today, UCAN filed two Petitions with appellate courts.
Today a California Public Utilities Commission judge ruled that SDG&E's plan to cut electricity to homeowners, businesses, and fire stations during times of high fire risk should be rejected. Unfortunately this isn't the final decision. More.
It has become increasingly apparent during 2008 and 2009 that the state Public Utilities Commission has become captured by and acquiescent to the state's utilities. Part of the reason for the almost complete capitulation of the Commission to utilities has to do with the particular ideology of the Schwarzenegger appointees to the CPUC. But another one has to do with the Commissioners' access to information. This expose published on July 26th by the Sacramento Bee offers a glimpse into how utility money and politics have led to the effective demise of utility oversight by the CPUC. It is a cautionary tale, to be sure, of how regulators have to be wary of utilities bearing gifts.
This letter from Supervisor Dianne Jacob to the CEO of SDG&E is a fascinating case study of how the local utility will distort the truth for political and economic gain.
Miracles don't happen often enough in our world. But when Michael starts growing his own fish and food in his garage, then you know that there's some divine intervention because Michael doesn't fish and he's got a brown thumb that makes all leafy things tremble. So how did Advocate Michael become Farmer Michael? One word: AQUAPONICS.
San Diego Union Tribune: Six politicians have urged County Supervisors to vote in favor of SDG&E's unpopular fire shut-off plan. All of the letters were ghost-written by SDG&E. FULL STORY.
Getting an energy audit of your home could save on your utility costs, but when UCAN asked SDG&E to post information on home energy auditors on its own web site, it refused.
Large corporations like SDG&E love to claim "grass roots" support, but when they can't get it, they fake it using a process called "astro-turfing." Full Story.
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Visit our page dedicated to the Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Project. You will find news, data, legal hearings and testimony, open-letters from UCAN's executive director, and just about everything else you might want to know regarding this important proposal. Or, listen to Michael Shames explain UCAN's opposition to Sunrise in this UCAN.org podcast.
Miracles don't happen often enough in our world. But when Michael starts growing his own fish and food in his garage, then you know that there's some divine intervention because Michael doesn't fish and he's got a brown thumb that makes all leafy things tremble. So how did Advocate Michael become Farmer Michael? One word: AQUAPONICS.
December 8th, 2006 was not a good day for San Diego. On that day, San Diego Gas & Electric asked state regulators for permission to raise base rates for electricity and natural gas customers by some $250 million annually for the years 2008 through 2013. You don't need a calculator to realize that adds up to a chilly $1.5 BILLION over those six years. Listen to Michael Shames explain UCAN's position on SDG&E's rate request.
From SDG&E to SBC, get the real story on undergrounding in San Diego inside this issue center.
In a filing with the Public Utilities Commission, SDG&E has asked for approval to deploy "real-time" advanced meters to all of SDG&E's small business and residential customers. Find out why the SDG&E AMI proposal needed to be substantially revised.
An Oil Executive has a case of bad gas in a debate over Prop 87! Read about the oil industry's year of outrageous profits here. Vote YES on Proposition 87!
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