News Releases

Click on the links below to read the latest news releases from SDG&E on the Sunrise Powerlink.

Aug 27, 2010 SDG&E BOLSTERS ITS RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO WITH MORE SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY FROM CALIFORNIA
SDG&E announced that it has signed and submitted for approval a second 20-year power-purchase agreement with an LS Power subsidiary to procure up to 45 megawatts (MW) of solar energy from the proposed Centinela Solar Energy facility, to be located 90 miles east of San Diego in California’s Imperial Valley.
Aug 19, 2010 SDG&E’S NEW “SUN BIRD” HELICOPTER TO ASSIST SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS
City and County Officials and Firefighters Join Utility to Announce New Cooperative Agreements That Will Benefit the Region
July 13, 2010 U.S. FOREST SERVICE APPROVES SDG&E’S SUNRISE POWERLINK
Key Decision Brings Region One Step Closer to its Clean Energy Future
May 13, 2010 SDG&E Adds Solar Energy To Its Portfolio From Imperial County
Photovoltaic Facility Proposed by LS Power Will Deliver up to 130 Megawatts of Clean Energy to San Diego Across Sunrise Powerlink

Jan. 22, 2010

Tessera Solar and Stirling Energy Systems Unveil World’s First Commercial Scale
SunCatcher™ Plant, Maricopa Solar, with Utility Partner Salt River Project

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the U.S. Department of Energy Commemorate Milestone

June 15, 2007

SDG&E Reaffirms Importance of Sunrise Powerlink, Rebuts Critics' Analysis in CPUC Filing
Reaffirming the need for the Sunrise Powerlink

Sept. 11, 2006  

State Regulators Deem SDG&E’s Sunrise Powerlink Application ‘Complete’
Formal Regulatory Environmental Review of Project to Begin

Aug. 4, 2006

Key Filing Launches Regulatory Review Process For Sunrise Powerlink
Environmental Analysis Part of Updated Transmission Line Application

Aug. 3, 2006

Sunrise Powerlink Wins Approval from State Power Grid Agency
SDG&E to File Updated Application for Electric-Transmission Line

Mar. 20, 2006

SDG&E Announces Route Options for The Sunrise Powerlink
Next Phase of Public Outreach Begins Today

Feb. 23, 2006

SDG&E Announces New Phase of Public
Outreach on The Sunrise Powerlink

Meetings on Proposed Route Alternatives to Start March 20

Dec. 15, 2005

SDG&E Unveils Details of the Sunrise Powerlink
Utility files formal application to build new transmission line

Nov. 9, 2005

SDG&E to Unveil Potential Corridors for Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Line
Second Round of Public Meetings to Begin Nov. 14

Sept. 29, 2005

SDG&E Launches Comprehensive Outreach Program to Gather Input on Proposed Electrical-Transmission Line
Public Meetings Will Evaluate Route Options for Sunrise Powerlink

Sept. 7, 2005

SDG&E Signs Solar Power and Other Renewable Energy Pacts
Solar Installation to Produce 300 to 900 Megawatts for San Diego, Orange Counties

Aug. 31, 2005 

SDG&E Unveils Plan to Build New Power Link From San Diego to Imperial Valley
New Transmission Line to Provide Access to Renewable Resources

May 5, 2005 

Plans for New Transmission Line Reach Milestone with Results of Comparison Study
Link to Offer Better Reliability, Access to Renewables, Lower Energy Costs