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Visduh — BTW The Utilities have spent lavishly since they are experts at spreading around SOME of the money that they have gotten the CPUC to allow them to charge us as ever more ratepayer increases! Plus, every Utility donation comes with a "HOOK" that the Utilities call in when they need organizations and/or elected officials to support their every more rate increases!— September 17, 2016 12:31 p.m.
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#SanOnofreGate The new hashtag that will allow you to keep up to date on the ongoing investigation into the multi-billion $ SCE-CPUC ripoff.— September 16, 2016 1:11 p.m.
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This is just another level of insurance for SDG&E to make sure that nothing BAD gets written about the multiple billion dollar replacement steam generator debacle that was responsible for the early closure of San Onofre, which ratepayers are each now on the hook for about $1800 that even includes "lost profits" for both SDG&E and SCE, (since SDG&E is a 20% owner of San Onofre). For much more google #SanOnofreGate ==> The hashtag that will allow you to keep up to date on the ongoing investigation into the multi-billion $ SCE-CPUC ripoff.— September 16, 2016 1:09 p.m.
Edison pushed San Onofre beyond breaking point
Visduh — RE: "If/when all this gets out to the public" That time is now, since this report is saying exactly what what caused the destruction of the replacement steam generators to happen and it is the result of over 4 years of work behind the scenes. SCE has charged ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars trying to coverup what happened by giving different "experts" different data sets about San Onofre so that their reports would not make SCE look bad but the actual data shows that SCE caused the failure themselves by both their poor design and their operational experiments which exceeded the approved NRC "redline" of the Unit 3 steam generators. Note Unit 2 steam generators were also destroying themselves but SCE did not have a clue; and after Unit 3's leak was discovered, one tube in one of Unit 2's steam generator (there are 2 steam generators for each reactor at San Onofre) was found to have almost no remaining wall thickness, where the NRC safety limitation was about 35%. That is scary! http://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2011/1…— July 21, 2016 4:44 p.m.
Edison pushed San Onofre beyond breaking point
Much more information compiled over 4+ years here: # #SanOnofreGate The hashtag that will allow you to keep up to date on the ongoing investigation into the multi-billion $ SCE-CPUC ripoff.— July 21, 2016 4:32 p.m.
Edison pushed San Onofre beyond breaking point
I believe that both the CPUC investigation and the CA AG investigation are being delayed until after the election, to better shield many of our elected and/or appointed leaders from the fallout from #SanOnofreGate since far too many of them looked the other way after receiving specific information about what was happening at San Onofre.— July 21, 2016 4:31 p.m.
Edison pushed San Onofre beyond breaking point
The main goal of Edison's (SCE) in-house design of the 4 Replacement Steam Generators (RSG's) was to build them quickly without a through NRC technical review that also included public review (called a NRC 50.90 review) so they chose to do it using a NRC 50.59 review which was designed for "like for like" replacement of parts that would not affect safety (like replacing one fan motor with another fan motor, of the same specifications). Since SCE's engineers knew they were doing it on the sly, they not only cut corners but they also failed to get their in-house design reviewed by credible outside steam engineers that had prior experience in large RSG design/fabrication (which none of the SCE engineers had). SCE chose MHI as their manufacturer knowing they had never built large RSG's before and therefore would not talk to the NRC about the project or ask to many questions, which would allow SCE to take care of everything! By using actual meeting notes, posted on SCE's website, the enormity of this debacle becomes easier to understand. In their rush to make more money, by generating additional power from the new larger RSG's SCE became fixated on profits instead of safety! Employees that raised concerns were given the cold shoulder or worse. Once the leak occurred, SCE tried its best to downplay what occurred while at the same time they tried to use MHI as their escape goat. SCE's documents show that MHI was following SCE's orders and constructed the RSG's as SCE's engineers directed. It is also important to note that SCE "accepted" all the RSG's after installation and startup testing, as meeting all contractual criteria! SCE had no idea that while they were operating their RSG's, they were destroying themselves because of their design; instead they were telling the CPUC and ratepayers that they were so good that the service life of San Onofre should be extended! In hindsight, it was pure luck that Southern California only had a small radioactive leak instead of a nuclear incident or even much worse a nuclear accident. BTW: If either of those had occurred, SCE would now be making additional Billions in cleanup just like TEPCO is doing after their triple meltdown at Fukushima which is still polluting the Pacific Ocean. NOTE: The above was posted on the UT site but it was removed for some reason...— July 21, 2016 4:30 p.m.
Thank Dave (Stutz) for disorganizing local crime
Don — As you have so often pointed out, we now have too few speaking out about what the Ultra Wealthy (todays label) are doing to the rest of us. Our system of checks and balances has failed us in CA as our elected Leaders continue to look the other way while the rich and powerful have their way! My favorite investigation* that should have blown the cover off the SCE and the CPUC coverup at San Onofre that has seemed to have stalled least AG Harris get implicated has now started to gather ever more news attention, even in our very reserved SoCal media that is still most respectful of our giant Utilities. * #SanOnofreGate The new hashtag that will keep up to date on the ongoing investigation into the multi-billion $ SCE-CPUC ripoff.— May 17, 2016 12:46 p.m.
SDG&E undergrounding case goes to court..next year
North Park got one major line undergrounded to make it nicer for the business district but then all new worked stopped as far as I know. The big question now is WHY has all other undergrounding stopped but we are still paying the fee! Follow the money and I bet it will be found split between the City and SDG&E.— May 14, 2016 2:01 p.m.
Public Utilities Commission reopens San Onofre case
Don — I fully expect that if it really does comes anywhere near to answering questions under oath, SCE will make the CPUC *an offer they can't refuse* (since the CPUC is also implicated) that will settle the investigation with no admission of wrongdoing, while paying all the legal fees of Aguirre & Severson and their experts, as well as those of the other credible intervenors. Either way, SCE is going to sweeten the offer, probably in several stages long before they get cornered into saying anything substantial before the CPUC. My guess right now is that SCE (and SDG&E) will end up offering to pay for 90% of the San Onofre debacle (nor any lost profits) to settle the ratepayers case against them. One can just imagine all the *apropos to nothing* discussions that have been and will continue to take place between the advisors of the Governor, the AG and the CPUC's very expensive lawyers not to mention SCE's own advisors that will never be revealed to the public! As part of the settlement, four additional seats should be added to the Advisory Board to be filled by people chosen by the groups that have protested against the San Onofre settlement. That would go a long way toward providing some much need "reality" to what is now a dog & pony show as the decisions they are making could have enormous fiscal impacts on SoCal if done on the cheap, as SCE has demonstrated it has a track record of doing. Finally, I would suggest that if San Onofre had suffered a small but significant radioactive leak due to one or more leaking steam generator tube failures which then contaminated parts of the beach area to the south, you can just imagine the decades of profits that SCE would have gotten to collect; just like TEPCO is now doing because of their Fukushima's nuclear accident in Japan...— May 12, 2016 3:42 p.m.