Newspaper Editorials
San Diego Union-Tribune – July 15, 2010
U-T Editorial: Last major hurdle cleared
Well, it sure is nice to have all those years of wrangling over the Sunrise Powerlink behind us, isn’t it? With Cleveland National Forest Supervisor Will Metz’s decision that a 19-mile stretch of the power line from Imperial Valley to San Diego County can run through the forest, the last regulatory hurdle facing the project has been cleared.
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Imperial Valley Press – July 14, 2010
Opinion: Powerlink approval a plus for county
The end of the major hurdles stalling the construction of the Sunrise Powerlink line between Imperial and San Diego counties appears to be over, and that is something all Imperial Valley residents should be thankful for.
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San Diego Union-Tribune – January 28, 2009
U-T Editorial: Power plays
Imperial County has plentiful solar, wind and geothermal resources to produce electricity. San Diego Gas & Electric must soon produce 20 percent of its power from renewable sources. But it must also get that power from Imperial County to its San Diego County customers.
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San Diego Union-Tribune – DECEMBER 17, 2008
Approve the link
California has a historic opportunity to develop a viable renewable energy industry centered in the Imperial Valley, and the proposed Sunrise Powerlink is the key to making it happen. This is why the California Public Utilities Commission needs to put an end to years of wrangling over the 123-mile transmission line and approve it at its meeting tomorrow in San Francisco.
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the Wall street journal – august 18, 2008
Wind Jammers
In this year's great energy debate, Democrats describe a future when the U.S. finally embraces the anything-but-carbon avant-garde. It turns out, however, that when wind and solar power do start to come on line, they face a familiar obstacle: environmentalists and many Democrats.
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The Press-Enterprise – may 14, 2008
Practical power
Clean, environmentally friendly energy means nothing if the power cannot reach the people who need it. Californians cannot power an environmental revolution without hard-headed realism about what that energy shift requires: more transmission lines across the state.
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San Diego Union-Tribune – February 27, 2008
Yes to the Powerlink
Transmission line key to economic future
As the California Public Utilities Commission holds hearings here this week on San Diego Gas & Electric's proposal to tap renewable energy sources in Imperial County, the panel should keep a sharp eye focused on the future.
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San Diego Union-Tribune – November 18, 2007
Build
the Powerlink
SDG&E's proposed $1.5 billion transmission corridor, known as the
Sunrise Powerlink, has met reflexive opposition from property owners
along the projected right-of-way. But the disastrous fires that hit
the county in October dramatically underscore the urgent need for the
Sunrise Powerlink. The project merits approval by the California Public
Utilities Commission.
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San Diego Union Tribune Editorial – June 24, 2007
Transmission
line merits PUC approval
San Diego County's electric utility went on the offensive Friday
in defending its proposed power line, saying a consumer group's alternate
plan for keeping the lights on is a collection of "Band-Aids and
quick fixes" that won't significantly curb costs.
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Op-Eds
ivpressonline.com – February 20, 2010
Our Opinion—Stalling hurts green job outlook
The more we hear talk of green energy projects being proposed in the Imperial Valley, the more we believe our future as a center for renewable energy could actually be close to becoming a reality.
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Riverside Press-Enterprise – November 4, 2007
Transmit
Vital Energy
The only way to quench California's thirst for electricity: Install more power lines.
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