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PUC AGAIN TRIES TO HELP UTILITIES FIGHT THEIR FEAR
Enterprise-Record January 8, 2019 By: Thomas Elias Until damages and liabilities from wildfires rose from mere hundreds of millions into the multi-billion-dollar range over the past 18 months, California’s big private utilities had no greater fear than the steady...
SDG&E TAKES $379 MILLION WILDFIRE DISPUTE TO CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT COMPLAINS ABOUT APPEALS COURT JUDGE
San Diego Union Tribune November 27, 2018 By: Rob Nikolewski San Diego Gas & Electric is taking its fight to have ratepayers shoulder $379 million in costs related to 2007’s deadly wildfires to the California Supreme Court, and the utility says a local appeals...
IN WAKE OF COMMUNITY CHOICE, SDG&E SEEKS NEW CONTRACT WITH OTAY MESA POWER PLANT
San Diego Union Tribune November 27, 2018 By: Jeff McDonald The day after Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced a landmark public power-buying program for the city, San Diego Gas & Electric backed away from its long-standing position that it was legally obligated to...
COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY BACKERS FILE FOR CPUC REHEARING, SAY PROPOSED EXIT FEES ARE TOO HIGH
San Diego Union Tribune November 19, 2018 By: Rob Nikolewski Backers of community choice energy programs want the California Public Utilities Commission to take another look at a recent decision that supporters say is tilted too much in favor of traditional power...
COURT DENIES SDG&E APPEAL; UTILITY WANTED CUSTOMERS TO PAY $379M FOR 2007 WILDFIRE COSTS
San Diego Union Tribune November 14, 2018 By: Rob Nikolewsk The long-running effort by San Diego Gas & Electric to pass onto ratepayers $379 million in costs related to deadly wildfires in 2007 that ripped through parts of the county has suffered another setback....
UTILITIES CUT POWER TO PREVENT WILDFIRES. BUT WHO WINS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT?
New York Times October 15, 2018 By: Ivan Penn LOS ANGELES — With devastating wildfires becoming more frequent in California, power companies have found themselves on the defensive. Their equipment has been singled out as a frequent culprit. Now, to reduce the hazard,...
POC Blog and Press Releases
PUC DENIES ILL-CONCEIVED SAN DIEGO PIPELINE PROPOSAL!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA June 21, 2018 Taking an important step in the right direction towards weaning California off its fossil fuel addiction, the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted unanimously today to deny an application by utility...
JUDGE ISSUES A PROPOSED DECISION AGAINST SAN DIEGO GAS PIPELINE! TAKE ACTION!
Join the Protect Our Communities Foundation in its fight against this ill-conceived and environmentally damaging pipeline proposal! May 2, 2018 By: Jamie Pang, POC Legal Fellow SDG&E and SoCalGas’s attempt to saddle San Diego with a dirty, expensive, and unneeded...
POC Is Hiring!
POC is hiring a Staff Attorney with state date as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Staff Attorney Job Description POC is seeking an experienced attorney that can step into our full docket before the CA...
Encina Power Plant Likely to be Kept Running
The Protect Our Communities Foundation has fought development of a new gas power plant on the beach in Carlsbad, CA for years. We argued before the Public Utilities Commission and the Court of Appeals that no new plant is needed, and certainly not a fossil fuel plant...
POC in the News
San Diego Union Tribune, Encina Power Station may stay online through 2018 (March 23, 2017) San Diego Union Tribune, Tule wind project expansion clears legal hurdle (March 8, 2017) San Diego Reader, SDG&E takes another shot at picking your pocket (November 23,...
Federal District Court Rules Against Eagles in Tule Wind Farm Case
Protect Our Communities Foundation was very disappointed in the UC District Court of Southern California ruling against our challenge to its approval of Tule Wind Farm and its eagle killing turbines. This ill-conceived project will turn important golden eagle...