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San Diego renegotiating utility franchise agreement for the first time in 50 years
San Diego Union Tribune By Rob Nikolewski Oct. 11, 2019 Deal signed in 1970 with SDG&E about to expire For the first time in nearly half a century, the city of San Diego is preparing to renegotiate a franchise agreement that gives San Diego Gas & Electric the...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects SDG&E appeal to pass $379 million in wildfire costs to ratepayers
San Diego Union Tribune By Rob Nikolewski Oct. 7, 2019 The money stemmed from the 2007 wildfires that ripped through San Diego County The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not hear San Diego Gas & Electric’s appeal of a California Supreme Court case that...
SDG&E will not have to buy the Otay Mesa Energy Center for $280 million
The San Diego Union Tribune By ROB NIKOLEWSKI October 1, 2019 Instead, the utility signs a 59-month power purchase contract with Texas-based Calpine San Diego Gas & Electric will not have to pay $280 million to take over the 608-megawatt Otay Mesa Energy Center...
9th Circ. Backs BIA Green Light Of Wind Farm Construction
Law 360 By Keith Goldberg Law360 (September 23, 2019, 7:37 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld the Bureau of Indian Affairs' approval of the second phase of a California wind farm, saying the agency properly considered the project's potential to harm eagles...
Open Forum: Proposed wildfire fund a reckless giveaway that echoes Enron crisis
Op-ed by POC Board Member, Loretta Lynch The San Fransisco Chronicle July 7, 2019 A rush to judgment with untold consequences for electricity costs, safety oversight and wildfire victims is being jammed through the Legislature this week. Lawmakers should hit the...
Groups challenge SDG&E project to test and replace natural gas pipeline
The San Diego Union Tribune By ROB NIKOLEWSKI June 13, 2019 The utility plans to start work early next year but critics say the project is too expensive, not needed Early next year, San Diego Gas & Electric plans to break ground on a $677 million project to repair...
PCF Blog and Press Releases
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...
Californians are paying billions for power they don’t need
POC Board Members Loretta Lynch and Bill Powers contributed to LA Times' excellent investigative reporting covering California state government efforts to massively overprocure energy resources at the peril of our environment, climate, and utility ratepayers. Colusa...
POC Still Fighting the Tule Wind Farms – Hearing February 16, 2017
WHAT: Argument before the Southern District of California on the approval of the Tule Wind Farm, open to the public WHEN: Thursday, February 16 at 1:30pm WHERE: Courtroom 4A, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
CA State Lands Commission: Do Not Approve Eagle Killing Tule Wind Farm!
The CA State Lands Commission will vote Thursday, October 13, 1 pm at the Sheraton San Diego on a 40 years lease for the construction and operation of industrial wind turbines on a school lands parcel it administers in the McCain Valley, east of San Diego. This...