SunrisePowerlink

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Latest News

• 2016: Alpine is now concerned about high-energy emissions from buried 500kv line through the middle of town.

• EMI Safe levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCMdtfnpolg

• SDG&E surprises Lakeside with the announcement that El Monte Valley will be decimated by the huge transmission project.

• CPUC approves the project against EIR recommendations, and does not agree to use the line 33% for renewables.
• 25 Aug 2008 - Deadline for comments to SunrisePowerlink RECIRCULATED DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
• Written comments will be accepted until August 25, 2008.
• To review the document, use this link: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/Environment/info/aspen/sunrise/toc-rdeir.htm
• Summary of the Recirculated DEIR by RaymondLutz -- This was created as he read the document. Feel free to make corrections and enhancements.
• 26 Aug 2008 - Dept. of Energy EA scoping hearing for Sempra's 500 kV cross-border power line for their proposed 1,250 MW La Rumorosa Wind south of border at Jacumba. (1-3 & 5-7 p.m.) at the Highland Senior Center, 44681,Old Hwy 80, Jacumba
• 27 Aug 2008 - Deadline for comments on BLM Eastern San Diego County Resource Management Plan
• http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro/esdrmp.html -- Plan document
• caesdrmp@ca.blm.gov -- Send comments to Erin Dreyfuss
• 09 Dec 2010 - Bogus groundbreaking in McCain valley, attended by Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, staged to provide the impression that the project is a "done deal" even though there are several pending legal challenges.

Really, it is just another bait and switch project like Stirling, to greenwash a transmission project.
Sempra did not disclose that their LNG line runs through the wind project area and a new water line is under construction. Gas, water and transmission equals another gas-fired power plant at the border. The DOE application states that Sunrise Powerlink or another transmission line is needed to move this new energy. See media for the DOE Federal Register EA Scoping Notice which includes comment deadline and details.

Background

• Installed in conjuction with Citizens Transmission: http://www.citizensenergy.com/business-initiatives/citizens-transmission

The proposed SDG&E Sunrise Powerlink (an unnecessary transmission line through Anza Borrego State Park intended to send "dirty" electric power from Mexico to LA).

From "Rock Canyon": I. follow both Sunrise Powerlink and Sempra's Costa Azul and all the corruption in their wake. Did you know that our Southwest Powerline (that we currently use) is connected to Sempra's Mexicali (Costa Azul fed) plant?? That the CPUC allowed Sempra to drop all of San Diego's domestic natural gas accounts, and then "reversed the flow" of all of our natural gas lines in 2009 (at a cost to California ratepayers of $200 MILLION) so that Sempra/SDG&E would have a monopoly and FORCE us to use exclusively- Costa Azul LNG? That the Costa Azul LNG is way more expensive than our domestic natural gas, that Costa Azul LNG carries a 25% GREATER greenhouse gas burden than our domestic natural gas, that the US has a LNG GLUT and prices have never been lower, that our usage in natural gas is getting lower every year and that it's forecast by 2030..Costa Azul and all LNGs at least in Western USA will be USELESS (mothball status)? Right now I'm following the outright bribery and fraud Sempra committed to get the Costa Azul built\...oh by the way\...Sempra did not pay for Costa Azul\...California ratepayers's did ($900 MILLION)\...How does ANYONE in authority think that the Sunrise Powerlink "approval" is any different? Why would the CPUC force us to use this Costa Azul LNG especially since Ensenada is trying to close it down for the health and safety of the people due to Sempra's obvious illegal actions? LNG is extremely dangerous- like a Hiroshima Bomb! Why are "We The People" forced to invest and pay a criminal like Sempra?..Only the most naive or corrupt believes the Sunrise Powerlink is for "green energy in San Diego"?\...if that were the case\...we have more than enough capacity for ALL of SDG&E's so-called "renewable energy" on our existing Southwest Powerline..admitted by SDG&E VP, EIR, even Schwarzenegger! and we still don't need it!

Contributions

• Comments and thoughts from RaymondLutz on Sunrise Powerlink

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Timeline

Recent Articles and Media (Add | All Media)

This is the most recently published articles, most recent first.

• M1651 2016-03-04 State agrees to review Powerlink EMFs -- Supervisor Jacob worries about SDG&E involvement in the investigation -- JeffMcDonald UnionTribune
• M1650 2016-02-23 2016-02-23 Sunrise Powerlink EMI in Alpine Meeting -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1176 2011-09-19 Sunrise Powerlink: No help in Blackout -- Raymond Lutz CitizensOversight
• M1127 2011-01-28 Over-Capacity Concerns Face New CPUC Members -- William J. Kelly California Current
• M1121 2010-12-13 Financing, legal woes block big Imperial Valley solar project -- Onell Soto UnionTribune
• M1123 2010-12-13 Solar setbacks -- Judith Lewis Mernit High Country News
• M1063 2010-07-15 Powerlink booster may have powered up too soon Official was lobbying within 10 months of leaving the state -- JeffMcDonald UnionTribune
• M985 2010-05-10 Sunrise Powerlink Meeting in Alpine, 2010-05-10 -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M1064 2010-04-20 Way too cozy! Private meetings between SDG&E officials, and state public utility commissioners. -- MichaelTurko KusiNews
• M832 2009-08-25 Taking a Dim View of Solar Energy -- Matthew Philips NewsWeek
• M765 2009-04-06 Sunrise Powerlink Community Meeting, Alpine, April 6, 2009 -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M757 2009-03-17 Comments on SDG&E Fire Safety by Donna Tisdale -- Donna Tisdale CitizensOversight
• M743 2009-02-25 Lakeside Community Speaks out against Sunrise Powerlink In El Monte Valley -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M737 2009-02-21 Powerlink meeting is met with outrage -- Residents say SDG&E didn't announce routing -- AnneKrueger UnionTribune
• M738 2009-02-18 Burned Up: Lakeside Planners, Fire Officials and Residents Vent Anger Over State's Approval of Powerlink with no Notice to their Community -- MiriamRaftery EastCountyMagazine
• M739 2009-02-16 Think Solar, Think Small -- Craig D. Rose TheNation
• M740 2009-01-28 Clouds on SDG&E’s Sunny Plans -- Craig D. Rose SanDiegoReader
• M685 2008-10-30 REGION: Stage set for southern power line -- By DAVE DOWNEY - Staff Writer NorthCountyTimes
• M660 2008-10-20 A Question of power -- Stop the Sunrise Powerlink -- Diane Conklin Donna Tisdale CitizensOversight
• M658 2008-10-13 Foreign Liquefied Natural Gas -- Amita Sharma Amy Isackson KpbsNews
• M633 2008-08-28 Cramped power grid foils renewable plans -- Matthew Wald UnionTribune
• M634 2008-08-28 Sunrise "Profitlink" -- a fossil fuel addiction fix -- RaymondLutz EastCountyCalifornian
• M631 2008-08-26 Department of Energy Scoping Meeting on Baja Wind Transmission Line -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M622 2008-08-25 Comment on Recirculated draft environmental impact report/supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Sunrise powerlink transmission project -- Steven Siegel, Justin Augustine Center For Biological Diversity & Sierra Club
• M619 2008-08-04 Baja Wind EA Scoping Notice -- Federal Register
• M621 2008-08-04 Contribution to the Recirculated Draft EIR for the Sunrise Powerlink (regarding the RWEP) (Lutz) -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M583 2008-08-01 Smugglers Gulch + BLM proposing wind energy plans for the East County -- Rett Lawrence AbcNewsSanDiego
• M581 2008-08 Officials Hope To Expand County Wind Energy -- AbcNewsSanDiego AbcNewsSanDiego
• M572 2008-07-11 Power line sent SDG&E warnings before fire began -- JHarryJones UnionTribune
• M570 2008-07-10 Cal Fire report blames SDG&E -- JHarry Jones Tony Manolatos UnionTribune
• M571 2008-07-10 Fires spawn lawsuits, possible charges against SDG&E -- Dave Downey NorthCountyTimes
• M566 2008-07-08 San Diego City Attorney's INTERIM REPORT NO. 32: CALIFORNIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY MANDATE IN PERIL -- MichaelAguirre SanDiegoCityAttorney
• M568 2008-07-08 Witch Fire Investigation Report -- Cal Fire
• M569 2008-07-08 Rice Fire Investigation Report -- Cal Fire
• M530 2008-06-20 REVISED SCOPING MEMO AND RULING OF THE ASSIGNED COMMISSIONER AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE -- Stephen Weissman Dana Grueneich Public Utilities Commission
• M521 2008-05-28 Will These Keep the Lights On? -- Joe Deegan SanDiegoReader
• M512 2008-05-13 Hundreds pack meetings on proposed Powerlink -- JHarryJones UnionTribune
• M495 2008-04-17 Solar Projects Hinge on Proposed Powerlink -- Jaimey Lee San Diego Business Journal
• M490 2008-04-13 Could county follow lead of utility's solar project? -- DeanCalbreath UnionTribune
• M489 2008-04-11 SANDAG board backs Sunrise Powerlink by 17-3 vote -- JHarryJones UnionTribune
• M496 2008-04-09 Fire danger of Powerlink debated - Experts testify about safety risks -- JHarryJones UnionTribune
• M497 2008-03-27 State's role over Powerlink debated - Changing park plan could delay project -- JHarryJones UnionTribune
• M615 2008-03-21 Sempra Energy's Costa Azul LNG terminal on track to completion -- Energy Business Review
• M435 2008-02-28 Sunrise Powerlink and TE-VS Transmission Proposals Evaluation by SANDAG Energy Working Group -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M492 2008-02-20 San Diego Smart Energy 2020 -- Bill Powers San Diego Renewable Energy Society
• M491 2008-01-04 Analysts criticize Sunrise project - Other options proposed for SDG&E's power line -- DeanCalbreath UCAN
• M493 2007-10 San Diego Smart Energy 2020 -- Bill Powers ETech International
• M542 2007-09-04 JOINT LETTER on The Modified Route D Alternative to Sunrise Powerlink -- Dan Lawrence, Beryl Buchanan, Randy Lenac, Gene Vick
• M614 2005-11-24 Sempra's gas venture gathering steam at Baja site -- Diane Lindquist UnionTribune

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Take Action - HELP GATHER SIGNATURES

Here are the leaflets and the petitions. WE MUST HAVE TONS OF NAMES ON PETITIONS AGAINST THE POWERLINK TO BALANCE THE LIST OF INSIDERS WHO ARE LISTED AS "FOR" IT.

• StopThePowerlink-Leaflet-3up.pdf: Stop the Powerlink leaflet (3-up)
• StopThePowerlinkPetition.pdf: Stop the Powerlink Petition - copy and gather signatures, mail these in so we can gather them together and add the names to our distribution list!

• StopThePowerlinkStopIllegalLobbyingPetition -- Sign this petition to request that Attorney General Jerry Brown investigate illegal lobbying and vacate the approval ruling.
• ReinactPacePetition -- Sign this petition to request that President Barack Obama reinact the PACE (property accessment clean energy) program. With this program inacted, a tidal wave of solar system installations will make the Sunrise Powerlink obsolete even before it is built.

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