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SDG&E takes its long-running dispute over wildfire costs to U.S. Supreme Court
The San Diego Union Tribune By: Jeff McDonald May 1, 2019 The Witch Creek/Guejito fire burned into Rancho Bernardo early in the morning of Oct. 22, 2007. Petition for review comes in the wake of losing arguments to regulators and two California courts After being...
L.A. could replace traditional power plants with home solar, experts say
NBC News April 5, 2019 By: Dennis Romero Renewable energy experts and a new report from the solar industry say Los Angeles could generate a larger portion of its electricity with wider use of residential solar panels backed up by battery storage. The concept of a...
A Virtual Solar Power Plant for L.A.? ‘It Will Happen’
The New York Times April 5, 2019 By Jill Cowan How Californians get power has been in the news a lot lately, between Pacific Gas & Electric’s woes and Mayor Eric Garcetti’s recent announcement that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power would phase out...
San Diego Should Make the Most of Once-in-a-Generation Shot to Re-Examine SDG&E Deal
Voice of San Diego March 27, 2019 By: Bill Powers and Jay Powell If we are going to allow a for-profit utility to use our streets, sidewalks and parkways for electric service, let’s get the best deal for our city, for future generations and for the environment. Power...
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 A house near Lake Ramona burns down in October 2007. Howard Lipin / The San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego Gas & Electric is taking its fight to have ratepayers shoulder $379 million in costs related to...
POC Blog and Press Releases
POC Encourages CA Supreme to Order Review in Challenge to PUC Approval of Gas Power
POC recently joined with other environmental and ratepayer protection advocates to urge the CA Supreme Court to grant a petition for review of the Public Utilities Commission approval of contracts for three, large new fossil fueled power plants in the Los Angeles...
California Court of Appeals Will Hear POC Case Against CPUC Approval of Carlsbad Power Plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 206 SAN DIEGO, Ca-- The California Court of Appeals granted the Protect Our Communities Foundation (POC) and the Center for Biological Diversity petition for review of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval of...
POC Petitions 9th Circuit for En Banc Review to Protect Birds from the Tule Wind Farm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2016 SAN DIEGO, Ca-- The Protect Our Communities Foundation (POC) continues its fight to protect Southern California wildlife from poorly cited industrial wind farms by calling on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to hold the Bureau of...
California Court of Appeals Will Hear POC Case Against CPUC Approval of Carlsbad Power Plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2016 San Francisco, CA-- The California Court of Appeals granted the Protect Our Communities Foundation (POC) and the Center for Biological Diversity petition for review of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval...
Tule Wind Project takes another step
San Diego Union Tribune July 26, 2016 By: Rob Nikolewski Construction starts in September but opposition group fights on Developers of the Tule Wind Project in San Diego's East County expect to start construction in September. Pictured is the Manzana wind farm, a...