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The San Diego Union-Tribune has refused to print UCAN's rebuttal to Robert A. Kittle's factually inaccurate editorial titled Lucrative Rip-Off, published on July 14. Read Mr. Kittle's back-pedaling response, (and our reply to him) here. |
The Union-Tribune, which once lionized UCAN's executive director, Michael Shames, as a "Consumers' Hero" is now portraying Shames as a mustache-twirling villain who has swindled SDG&E ratepayers out of $2 million. Read our reply to the opinion.
North County Times - Pioneering physicist leads the way in promoting energy-efficient living without making huge investments. MORE
GUEST COMMENTARY BY JEANNE GAHAGAN - A Mission Hills resident compares the reckless removal of magnificent trees from her neighborhood to pornography. Ms. Gahagan offers a freudian analysis of SDG&E's "tree-envy" complex which is rooted in a desire to maintain power and control at
any cost. More.
Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) has hereby filed a Protest of SDG&E's application and,specifically, its request for expedited approval of construction of a Miramar Peaking Plant.
Click here to read UCAN's protest.
Today the Bureau of Land Management announced the lifting of its moratorium on solar energy applications. More.
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has released a nationwide study finding that "amid record gas prices, public support for greater energy exploration is spiking." More.
The Bureau of Land Management has struck a blow to the alternative energy industry. More.
The U.S. Energy Department has released its Annual Energy Outlook 2008 report. The AEO report, prepared by the Energy Information Administration, presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2030. More.
UNION-TRIBUNE - UCAN Executive Director Michael Shames, an opponent of the $1.5 billion SDG&E project, called the ruling a "bombshell." MORE
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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.
Watch Part 3 of Debra Reed's testimony as the Sempra Utilities CEO shares her sense of entitlement with the world while responding to questions from UCAN Executive Director Michael Shames.
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