Our Mission

To protect rural communities and backcountry land in San Diego County, while providing solutions for San Diego's future energy needs through local generation and distribution of clean renewable energy.

To oppose construction of destructive, inefficient energy projects, such as the Sunrise Powerlink, that endanger and destroy rural communities and backcountry lands in San Diego County.

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KPBS Sunrise Powerlink Story Features POC members

The story by KPBS reporter Ed Joyce features both Donna Tisdale and David Hogan of POC. The article is on the kpbs.org site here, or you can read it now:
The route for the proposed Sunrise Powerlink electrical transmission line would cross a national forest and other public lands in southeast San Diego County. While the [...]

Solar Power from Space?

This fascinating article in Scientific American discusses a possible future where solar power is harvested in space and transmitted back to earth. While there are numerous hurdles to overcome, both technologically and economically, it is exciting to see companies out there pursuing this source of energy (including PG&E!). The future is full of fascinating and [...]

Energy Efficiency is a Renewable Resource

‘”Efficiency,” he says with a twinkle, “seems to be a renewable resource.”
And there is the initial lesson from California’s energy experience: efficiency is the foundation of any effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. As California has learned, the most cost-effective way to replace coal or natural gas or petroleum isn’t to rely on solar [...]

SEMPRA’s Dirty Little Secret

As mentioned in the previous post, a SEMPRA lobbyist allegedly had an affair with a California State Assemblyman who was vice chair of the Utilities and Commerce Committee and whose duties included overseeing the energy companies and policy in California. There is a another dirty little secret SEMPRA and SDG&E desperately don’t want people to [...]

SDG&E’s Shut-Off Plan Rejected by PUC

POC and it’s supporters are celebrating the PUC vote today which rejected SDG&E’s Shut-Off Plan. Now it’s time for SDG&E to do what they should have been doing all along: proper maintenance of their lines, replacing wood poles, undergrounding where possible. Read the full Union-Tribune article here.
In additional news, a California Assemblyman has resigned [...]

The Future is Here: Locavolts

More and more we are seeing articles written about the future of energy production in the US, and the world, that focus on locally generated power. This article shows why we are lucky to live in California, one of the leading regions in the world for installation of rooftop solar and backyard wind. The more [...]

Why Utilities Don’t Want Rooftop Solar

Here’s a great article on the reason utilities across the country are not jumping on the rooftop solar bandwagon, despite strong support from homeowners, state and federal incentives, and decreasing costs. Part of POC’s mission is to push for feed-in tariffs, and other incentives for local homeowners and business owners to invest in rooftop solar, [...]

Shut-Off Plan Update

The CPUC recently voted 3-2 to temporarily block SDG&E’s plan to go ahead with the Shut Off Plan on September 1. This means SDG&E will have to wait until September 10 to see how the commission will vote on the plan. Several water agencies and school districts, along with other groups, asked for the temporary [...]

Judge Recommends PUC Reject Shut-Off Plan

In a blow to SDG&E’s proposed Shut-Off Plan, Administrative Law Judge Timothy Kenney recommend the Public Utilities Commission reject the plan outright. This article in the San Diego Union Tribune gives details about the judges decision, and an alternate decision proposed by commissioner Timothy Simon. Among Simon’s stipulations are veto power for local officials, longer [...]

SDG&E Accused of Misleading Again

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