What happened on September 8th should never have happened. No, we aren't talking about the miscue by Arizona Public Service that triggered the Great San Diego Blackout. That is not unusual and should not have caused anything more than perhaps a flicker of lights in a few isolated places in our county. That it triggered the most unprecedented and costly blackout in San Diego's history is what needs to be investigated and corrected. And it was a DOUBLE blackout because both electricity and wireless telephone systems were knocked out.
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SDG&E forcing landowners to give up their property for the Sunrise Powerlink: Free handbook shows how to fight back.
As a part of SDG&E's attempt to make the Sunrise PowerLink appear to be a fait accomplis, the utility is frightening landowners with eminent domain if they are in the Sunrise PowerLink's path. If you read the article in Sunday's Union-Tribune, it seems as though getting approval of the controversial power line is a mere formality. Not true. Get the facts and your Eminent Domain Survival Guide HERE.
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