SDG&E, Other Power Utilities Closer To Billing Consumers For AB 32 Green House Gas Fees
California's Public Utilities Commission has granted permission for San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company and Pacific Gas and Electric Company to track their AB 32 green house gas emission fees in memorandum accounts. Each utility's account …
CPUC: PG&E Smart Meters Stay Installed
California's Public Utilities Commission has denied the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) attempt to halt Pacific Gas and Electric Company's installation of smart meters in the PG&E service area. According to CPUC, "CCSF has not provided new facts …
Sitting In Front Of My Crock Pot...
Hey, gang! Right now, I'm just sitting in front of my crock-pot. Inside, I have a stew made up of navy beans, ham chunks, and sauerkraut,with a can of Miller High Life serving as the cooking base. If it tastes …
CPUC: SDG&E Z-Factor Wildfire Insurance Problem Solved At $29 Million
Onell Soto reports this morning that California's Public Utilities Commission approved SDG&E;'s A0908019 Z-Factor request for a $29 million rate hike to cover its increased wildfire insurance needs. The SDG&E; request was initially designated as "Z-Factor" on SDG&E;'s claim that …
Division
Division I started the year twenty-ten at midnight, with a short glass of chartreuse, a greasy burger, and a friend. The tug of the full moon was strong, and after three-odd hours of restless sleep I abandoned post and prepared …
Feds Propose Future Guidance For SDG&E, Other Utility Solar Farm Sites
Starting with recommendations from the Bureau of Land Management, the Obama administration's Energy and Interior Departments have opened up a 90-day comment period on new guidelines for locating solar farms in the future. The guidelines will cover sites in Arizona, …
County Law Library Closing For Renovations
There are only two weeks left before the main branch of the San Diego County Public Law Library at 1105 Front Street closes to start renovations in early 2011. The closure is scheduled to last at least four months while …
SDG&E GRC Wildfire Rate Hike Finally Filed With CPUC
North County Times reports that San Diego Gas and Electric Company has finally filed its general rate case (GRC) to California's Public Utilities Commission that was first hinted at back in August. SDG&E's A1012005 GRC requests a 7.5 percent rate …
BP Sued By Obama Administration, With Sempra Implications?
Federal officials in the Justice Department announced today that BP and several contractors have been sued under the Clean Water Act and other statutes for the cost of Gulf of Mexico cleanup operations. The Gulf disaster response was required after …
a digital new age Xmas..ya gotta watch this!!!
here ya go!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA&feature=player_embedded be sure to watch the full screen version
A Free Energy-Saving Analysis for SDG&E Customers, Part I
Are you concerned about rising utility bills this year because you might be using too much power from SDG&E? SDG&E thinks you use too much power. Attorneys for SDG&E have already testified to California's Public Utilities Commission that if you …
Update San Diego, 12/14/2010
Well I see it will cost us $150E9 to put a man back on the Moon, but only $450E6 to put a humaniod robot there. I wonder where the extra cost comes in?. The robot will need to be taken …
Consumer Federation Slams Utilities on Smart Meter Privacy Position
In its recent regulatory filing, the Consumer Federation of California (CFC) attacks the arguments of investor owned utilities (referred to as IOUs by state regulators) seeking to avoid regulatory liability for abuses of private consumer data taken from smart meters …
Regulatory Smart Meter Security Leak?
Utilities Oppose CPUC Jurisdiction Over 3rd Party Data Collectors San Diego Gas and Electric Company and other California investor owned utilities have come down against California's Public Utilities Commission having any say over third party users of private consumer information …
We Were Outside Mark Madoff's Apt. Yesterday and Took These
On our last day in New York yesterday, we decided to go into Soho and Little Italy. We were walking down Mercer and came across this. They closed the street, but we were already there. We assumed it was a …
City Demurrer No Good, Must Answer Kessler Amended Complaint
The City of San Diego demurrer to Scott Kessler's most recent amended complaint was unpersuasive in Court on December 10. The City of San Diego was ordered to file its legal answer to the allegations in that Kessler v. City …
Update San Diego, 12/09/2010
I see Exelon will close the oldest nuclear power plant in the U.S. in 2019, 10 years earlier than planed. Oyser Creek Nuclear Generating Station in the Forked River section of Lacey Township. The plant went on line in 1969 …
Update San Diego, 12/08/2010
It is starting to show why people don't live long in medical centers in California anymore. Nobody speaks english anymore. Ref: USA Today, 12/08/10 page 8A, California Space X Hawthorne rocket venture's reached orbit with it's Dragon space craft with …
If San Diego Needs More Electricity, then Sempra Sells It... To Canada?
Despite a documented need for more electricity that led San Diego Gas and Electric Company to demand approval for the Sunrise Powerlink project, a major component of SDG&E;'s holding company Sempra Energy (SRE) has moved to resume sales of electricity …
On "Jacob Calls For Investigation Of Sempra"
Jeff McDonald reports through our daily paper that County Supervisor Dianne Jacob will ask for state and federal investigations of Sempra Energy, prompted by allegations that Sempra Energy bribed Mexican officials involved in the Energia Costa Azul natural gas project …