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• Utility finishes work within eagle-nest areas
  San Diego Gas & Electric announced Thursday that it has completed construction along sections of a cross-county transmission line that cut through eagle nesting territory. The work was completed within hours of a cutoff date that already had been extended by regulators to Dec. 16 from the official Dec. 1 start of eagle nesting season.
  Sign On San Diego – 12/15/11


• Powerlink work must continue
  Unable to finish work on key sections of the Sunrise Powerlink before the start of golden eagle nesting season, San Diego Gas & Electric plans to seek permission from federal and state regulators to continue working in environmentally sensitive areas into December...
  Sign On San Diego – 12/3/11


• Race on to build Powerlink before eagles' nesting
  Utility races to meet power-line construction deadline before nesting season.
  Construction and helicopter crews are racing to build key portions of a cross-county power transmission line before the official onset of golden eagle nesting season on Thursday.
  Sign On San Diego – 11/29/11


• Mission accomplished?
  Tuesday, June 21, Federal Judge Roger T. Benitez, the fourth federal judge assigned to this particular matter, held a court hearing in the case of Backcountry Against Dumps, The Protect Our Communities Foundation, East County Community Action Coalition, and Donna Tisdale (collectively Tisdale Group) versus the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), et al, with SDG&E...
  The Daily Transcript – 6/23/11
  
  
• Imperial County solar facility to create jobs in San Diego
  San Diego Gas & Electric and Tenaska Energy announced a 25-year contract for up to 150 megawatts of solar energy to be generated at the Imperial Solar Energy Center West. In connection with the contract, the company producing the solar panels Soitec has said it will build a new factory in the San Diego region to manufacture concentrated photovoltaic technology, according to a press release from SDG&E.
  Imperial Valley Press – 3/11/11
  
  
• Big desert solar farm means big factory in S.D.
  When negotiating with the developer of a big Imperial Valley solar farm, San Diego Gas & Electric didn’t just want green power. It also asked for local jobs. Specifically, it said the cutting-edge solar panels to be used in the project should be made in San Diego.
  Sign on San Diego – 3/10/11
  
  
• Sempra unit to build solar plant in California
  Regulated utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), a unit of Sempra Energy , signed a contract with renewable energy company Tenaska Solar Ventures for a 150-megawatt solar power plant in southern California.
  Reuters – 3/10/11
  
  
• Ocotillo wind farm to provide power to SDG&E, if approved
  Imperial County’s first proposed wind farm could provide energy for San Diego’s utility company. San Diego Gas & Electric and Pattern Energy announced a 20-year contract for 315 megawatts of wind energy from Pattern’s Ocotillo Express wind energy project. The Ocotillo-area project is proposed to generate 550 megawatts of power by the end of 2012.
  Imperial Valley Press – 2/4/11
  
  
• SDG&E Announces Wind Power Deal
  San Diego Gas & Electric Thursday announced a 20-year agreement that will result in one-quarter of its renewable energy coming from windmills in Imperial County.
  10news.com – 2/3/11
  
  
• Construction begins on 120-mile power line from Imperial Valley to San Diego
  Construction officially began Thursday on a 117-mile transmission line that will carry electricity from the Imperial Valley to San Diego, but that critics say will harm the environment. Sunrise Powerlink was fought for years by back-county residents and environmentalists, who claimed the power line would destroy the character of their mountain communities and be used to import "dirty" energy generated by coal-fired plans in Mexico.
  cbs8.com – 12/09/10
  
  
• Construction Begins On Sunrise Powerlink
  Construction officially began Thursday on a 117-mile transmission line that will carry electricity from the Imperial Valley to San Diego, while environmentalists vowed to continue their efforts to stop the project.
  10news.com – 12/10/10
  
  
• Governor calls Sunrise Powerlink example to nation
  San Diego Gas & Electric's controversial Sunrise Powerlink should serve as an example to the nation of how to build green infrastructure, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said during a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday.
  The Union Tribune – 12/09/10
  
  
• Schwarzenegger praises Sunrise Powerlink transmission line groundbreaking
  The Sunrise Powerlink transmission line finally broke ground Thursday morning as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and more than 100 protesters looked on.
  The LA Times – 12/09/10
  
  
• Schwarzenegger touts Sunrise Powerlink project at groundbreaking ceremony
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger marked the groundbreaking of the 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink transmission line Thursday by touting the need for ushering in more renewable energy projects before a throng of supportive public officials.
  Imperial Valley Press – 12/10/10
  
  
• Power Line Project Faces Challenges in California Valley
  The sun is so strong here that people often talk about the temperature being “in the teens,” meaning 113 or above. The wind is so powerful that west of town, signs on an Interstate display the number of miles remaining in which drivers will face dangerous winds, like signs that give the distance to the next city.
  The New York Times – 11/27/10
  
  
• Energy forum focuses on jobs
  Each of the nine panelists at the Celebrating Renewable Energy Partnership Success forum highlighted the hundreds of jobs they said renewable energy will create in Imperial County.
  Inland Valley Press – 11/17/10
  
  
• SDG&E signs on with solar project
  An additional 130 megawatts of solar power will be harnessed in the Imperial Valley for San Diego Gas and Electric after the 2014 completion of the CSOLAR Development solar field.
  Inland Valley Press – 11/14/10
  
  
• SDG&E makes deal with Imperial Valley solar farm
  San Diego Gas & Electric said Thursday it has struck a deal to buy electricity from a 130-megawatt solar farm to be built on former agricultural land in the Imperial Valley.
  The Union Tribune – 11/11/10
  
  
• Final Alpine Boulevard improvements plan due soon
  Planners and residents have until January to work with San Diego County staff to finalize plans that could affect parking and other road changes after the Sunrise Powerlink project is undergrounded through along Alpine Boulevard.
  The Alpine Sun – 11/04/10
  
  
• Lawsuit to stop SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink dismissed
  A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of SDG&E’s Sunrise Powerlink after finding that the back-country activist who brought the suit hasn’t explained how she would be affected.
  www.signonsandiego.com – 11/02/10
  
  
• Forest Service denies Sunrise Powerlink appeals
  The U.S. Forest Service has rejected appeals from people who claimed that it improperly approved construction of the Sunrise Powerlink through 19 miles of the Cleveland National Forest.
  www.signonsandiego.com – 10/18/10
  
  
• Unneeded South Bay Power Plant OK'd for demolition
  The state's grid operator has given the go-ahead for the demolition of the South Bay Power Plant, opening the way for the removal of one of the biggest obstacles to the redevelopment of Chula Vista's waterfront.
  www.signonsandiego.com – 10/17/10
  
  
• Salazar Green-Lights First-Ever Solar Energy Projects on Public Lands
  In an historic step forward in the nation’s clean energy future, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved the first large-scale solar energy plants ever to be built on public lands.
  U.S. Department of the Interior – 10/5/10
  
  
• Feds approve big solar project in the Imperial Valley
  Tens of thousands of dishes pointed at the sun would convert heat into electricity for San Diego. A large, innovative desert solar project designed to provide power to San Diego won final federal approval Tuesday.
  www.signonsandiego.com – 10/5/10
  
  
• Proposed Decision Recommends License For Imperial Valley Solar Project
  A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Imperial Valley Solar Project in Imperial County.
  California Energy Commission – 08/26/10
  
  
• California's Power Struggle Over Renewable Energy Lines
  A transmission line solely for renewable energy. It sounds like an environmental group's dream come true. But in Southern California, a utility is fighting a consumer action group to make the dream a reality.
  Clean Skies News – 08/02/10
  
  
• Sunrise Powerlink will open economic doors
  Imperial County officials applaud Sunrise Powerlink’s final authorization earlier this week and view the link as the lifeline for future Imperial Valley renewable energy projects.
  Imperial Valley Press – 07/16/10
  
  
• THESE DAYS: Sunrise Powerlink Given The Green Light By The Forest Service
  The Sunrise Powerlink is a 119-mile long electrical transmission line proposed by SDG&E to transmit renewable energy from Imperial County to San Diego. It's been subject to regulatory scrutiny and some fierce opposition for more than 5 years. Now it looks as if the last regulatory hurdle for the project has been cleared. The U.S. Forest Service has given approval for the Sunrise Powerlink to cut through the Cleveland National Forest.
  KPBS-FM, San Diego - 07-14-10
  
  
• Forest Service approves Sunrise Powerlink
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. cleared the last major hurdle before construction of a $1.9 billion power transmission line linking the Imperial Valley with San Diego County when the U.S. Forest Service approved the project Monday. The line, known as the Sunrise Powerlink, has been hotly contested for five years. SDG&E said the line would bring reliability to the grid and clean energy from the desert, while opponents said it wasn't needed and would cause environmental damage. North County Times - 07-13-10
  
  
• Sunrise Powerlink To Run A Total Of 120 Miles
  The U.S. Forest Service approved construction of a 19-mile segment of the $1.9 billion Sunrise Powerlink electric transmission line that will cut through the Cleveland National Forest.
  KGTV, San Diego – 07/13/10
  
  
• Sunrise Powerlink Gets Final Government Approval
  San Diego Gas and Electric passes the last major hurdle to starting construction on the Sunrise Powerlink after the power company gets the go ahead to build on the Cleveland National Forest Land.
  XETV, San Diego – 07/13/10
  
  
• Sunrise Powerlink approved on Cleveland National Forest land
  More than five years after first proposing a big power line linking San Diego to the Imperial Valley, San Diego Gas & Electric Co. today is getting the news it has been waiting for — the last big roadblock to construction of the $1.9 billion Sunrise Powerlink is gone.
  www.signonsandiego.com – 07/13/10
  
  
• Sand and Fury: Siting Solar Power Plants on Desert Lands
  They are an ecological all-star team of the southwestern deserts: a bird specialist, a botanist, an entomologist, scientific tortoise whisperers, an expert on disturbed-landscape recovery, a hydrology researcher who studies what lies beneath the dry sand and rock.
  www.sunpluggers.com – 04/27/10
  
  
• Thinking Smarter about Renewables on the Grid
  Growing energy demand and increasing global temperatures are a double challenge. With today’s energy infrastructure, the only way to meet this increasing demand is to boost the use of carbon-producing power generation – a roadmap to disaster.
  www.renewableenergyworld.com – 04/19/10
  
  
• Wind Energy Companies Bringing Renewable Power to the Region
  As the world continues on its quest to transform from oil-dominant energy practices to the use of renewable resources, San Diego is reducing its own carbon footprint, in part, by creating wind farms in and around the region. These wind farms are being touted as stimulating economic development and job creation as well as relieving stress on the energy grid.
  San Diego Business Journal – 04/19/10
  
  
• Feinstein pushes for Sunrise approval
  Sen. Dianne Feinstein came to SDG&E’s side last week, when she pressured the head of the Forest Service during an appropriations hearing to quickly approve the power company’s request.
  Union Tribune – 03/26/10
  
  
• Developer Proposes 30,000 Solar Dishes in Calif. Desert
  Federal efforts to permit nearly a dozen large-scale solar-power projects in California by year's end moved a significant step forward last week as the Bureau of Land Management rolled out a detailed environmental review for one of the largest plants proposed to date.
  The New York Times – 02/19/10
  
  
• Whither the wind? / Mexican wind energy welcome; we need domestic projects, too
  The $26.2 million project in La Rumorosa, just across the border from a sparsely populated stretch of East County, is only a five-turbine vanguard of an envisioned wind-energy hub stretching along the ridges of the Sierra Juarez between Tecate and Mexicali.
  Union-Tribune – 01/24/10
  
  
• Heed the experts on the need for Powerlink
  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.
  Union-Tribune – 01/28/09
  
  
• BLM approves Sunrise Powerlink to run through federal land
  The federal Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday approved San Diego Gas & Electric's controversial Sunrise Powerlink to run through 85 miles of land it controls.
  Union-Tribune – 01/20/09
  
  
• State commission approves Sunrise Powerlink project
  The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday cleared the way for construction of the Sunrise Powerlink, a contentious transmission line that promises to bring more reliable and renewable power from the Imperial Valley to San Diego. The 4-1 vote allows San Diego Gas & E
  Union Tribune – 12/18/08
  
  
• Powerlink delay has mayor fuming at PUC
  Flanked by Sunrise Powerlink supporters, Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox yesterday denounced the most recent delay of the 150-mile power line as a move that would further pollute the air and cost the public more money.
  Union Tribune – 07/17/08
• Green Line: California Transmission Battle Divides Environmentalists
  Renewable[ energy is nice in theory. But what about in practice?
  The Wall Street Journal – 04/28/08
• Dan Walters: Greens like idea of renewable energy, balk at the reality
  An environmental coalition called Californians for Solar and Clean Energy has submitted more than 700,000 signatures for an initiative measure that would compel the state's utilities to use renewable sources for 40 percent of their electric power supplies by 2020 and 50 percent by 2025, a sharp increase in what the state's current policy requires.
  The Sacramento Bee – 04/23/08
• $100 million investment to help solar energy plan
  Stirling Energy Systems announces crucial financial backing for proposed Imperial Valley solar energy project.
  Union Tribune – 04/18/08
• Solar Projects Hinge on Proposed Powerlink
  NTR, an Ireland-based company that specializes in renewable energy and waste management, plans to invest $100 million in Phoenix-based Stirling Energy Systems Inc.
  San Diego Business Journal – 04/17/08
• Changing the Current
  State Environmental Laws Drive Power Producers to Renewable Resources
  The Washington Post – 04/22/08
• $100 million investment to help solar energy plan
  A startup solar energy company with ambitious plans to generate electricity for San Diego said it has gained crucial financial backing for the project it has proposed in the Imperial Valley.
  Union Tribune – 04/18/08
• SANDAG seems to get behind Powerlink
  The board members of the county's long-range planning group overwhelmingly endorsed the Sunrise Powerlink yesterday – sort of.
  Union Tribune – 04/12/08
• South Bay Mayors Pledge Sunrise Powerlink Support
  Many South Bay residents say they are tired of the old, ugly and useless South Bay Power Plant.
  KGTV 10news.com – 04/08/08
• Yes to the Powerlink – Transmission line key to economic future
  As the CPUC holds hearings here this week, the panel should keep a sharp eye focused on the future.
  Union Tribune – 02/27/08
• Green projects generate splits in activist groups
  On Capitol Hill, the Audubon Society is leading the fight to increase production of climate-friendly power. So why are Audubon enthusiasts battling a wind farm that could help meet that goal?
  The Wall Street Journal – 12/13/07
• PUC should get busy, OK power lines
  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently took an important step toward safeguarding our nation's quality of life, economy and security. Recognizing that increasing energy demand and aging electric infrastructure threaten our livelihood, the DOE designated two areas of the country as critical to ensuring a safe and reliable supply of electricity.
  The Sun – 11/06/07
• Transmit Vital Energy
  As temperatures climbed to triple digits across California recently, utilities faced their first challenge of the year to secure energy supplies and keep the lights on. Indeed, the state's power grid operator called the year's first Stage 1 emergency as utilities dipped low into California's electricity reserves as the demand for power surged.
  The Press Enterprise – 11/03/07
• National energy corridors OK'd, may pave way for Sunrise Powerlink
  The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that it has designated two national energy corridors – one including San Diego County – in which the federal government has authorization in some circumstances to issue permits for new transmission facilities.
  San Diego Union Tribune – 10/02/07
• SDG&E: Power line would avoid wilderness
  North County – The region's electric utility says that it has figured out a way to string a 500-kilovolt power line across Anza-Borrego Desert State Park without encroaching on the wilderness.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 06/28/07
• Transmission line merits PUC approval
  San Diego County's demand for electricity is surging at about double the rate of population growth. Two primary reasons for this are the proliferation of energy-consuming appliances, from wide-screen TVs to laptop computer chargers, and robust housing development in inland areas where air conditioning prompts a spike in summertime electricity use.
  San Diego Union Tribune – 06/24/07
• SDG&E: Consumer group plan 'crumbles under microscope'
  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.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 06/16/07
• Powerlink OK could fall to federal agency
  The federal government could have the final say on whether to build the controversial Sunrise Powerlink power line under a proposal announced yesterday to designate San Diego County part of a key electric transmission corridor.
  Keith Darcé and Craig D. Rose in San Diego Union Tribune – 04/27/07
• Region targeted for 'national electric corridor'
  The nation's top energy official on Thursday proposed naming a pair of "national interest electric transmission corridors," including one covering San Diego, Riverside and five other Southern California counties, as well as parts of Arizona and Nevada.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 04/27/07
• Power line could affect climate change fight
  While thousands of San Diego County residents have decried the controversial wires atop 150-foot poles that would stamp a large set of footprints across the landscape, some students of energy policy say the $1.3 billion project may help fight global warming.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 02/10/07
• Utility industry vet finds his life's project: advocating Sunrise Powerlink
  Jim Avery likes nothing better than a project. A get-your-hands-dirty, build-something-you-can-show project. And after a long career in the utility industry, Avery appears to have the project of his life.
  Craig D. Rose in San Diego Union-Tribune – 10/10/06
• Power congestion
  Southern California cannot build power plants fast enough to meet the local demand for energy. The region's need to import power makes new transmission lines a critical priority for regulators and the public.
  The Press-Enterprise – 08/16/06
• Energy Dept. study cites critical needs
  A Department of Energy study released yesterday concludes that Southern California's electricity grid is seriously congested, a finding that could move the federal government to override state regulators and rule on San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s controversial proposal for a new power line from Imperial County.
  Craig D. Rose in San Diego Union-Tribune – 08/09/06
• Federal agency to designate national power line corridors
  Energy officials are poised to make a move that would allow the federal government to step in and pave the way for a controversial power line to be built across North County.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 08/08/06
• Report finds Powerlink viable, but its foes speak out
  SDG&E's plan to build a $1.4 billion, 120-mile mega-power line from the Imperial Valley to North County is economically justified and needed to meet the demand for electricity in the region, a report prepared by analysts with the California Independent System Operator has concluded.
  J. Harry Jones in San Diego Union-Tribune – 07/25/06
• Labor, business leaders back power line
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s controversial Sunrise Powerlink transmission line received a public relations boost Monday when downtown San Diego, union and biochemical-industry leaders pledged support for the proposed $1.4 billion project.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 07/24/06
• SDG&E, Imperial agree to team up; Sunrise line would bring power into S.D. County
  San Diego Gas & Electric yesterday reached an agreement to team with the Imperial Irrigation District to work on the Sunrise Powerlink, a controversial 120-mile power line to bring power into San Diego County.
  Craig D. Rose in San Diego Union-Tribune – 06/22/06
• Where's the risk?
  Scores of studies fail to show link between electromagnetic fields and cancer
  Ever since a pair of Colorado researchers jolted the nation with a 1979 study that suggested power lines cause cancer, projects like San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s proposed Sunrise Powerlink have sparked widespread alarm. But almost three decades later, scientists have yet to show a clear link between the electromagnetic fields that transmission lines create and leukemia, brain cancer, breast cancer or other types of cancer.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 05/06/06
• Sunrise Powerlink to Connect Solar Energy to California Power Grid
  The Sunrise Powerlink, a 120-mile new transmission line proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to connect the nation's largest solar energy facility to the California power grid, is supported by the Associated Business & Labor for Energy (ABLE), a California coalition composed of more than a dozen business and labor groups.
  Renewable Energy Access – 04/11/06
• Coalition supports SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink transmission line
  A newly formed coalition of California business and labor groups is backing San Diego Gas & Electric's proposed 120-mile Sunrise Powerlink electric transmission line, it was announced Wednesday.
  North County Times wire services in North County Times – 04/05/06
• SDG&E adds players to Sunrise team
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. is teaming up with the Imperial Irrigation District and Boston-based Citizens Energy Corp. on the proposed $1.4 billion, 120-mile Sunrise Powerlink transmission line that would run between Imperial County and Carmel Valley, an SDG&E official said Thursday.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 03/23/06
• Here comes the Sunrise, but is it all right?
  A shocking admission perhaps, but I don't know the difference between AC and DC. Earlier, I consulted my dictionary. The light switch did not go on. Alternating or direct current? I'm still in the dark.
  Logan Jenkins in San Diego Union-Tribune – 03/23/06
• Route chosen for controversial power line
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. [yesterday] specified a precise route for the controversial power line it proposes to build across Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and a large swath of the county's northern backcountry.
  Craig D. Rose in San Diego Union-Tribune– 03/21/06
• Is the Sunrise Power Link Needed?
  There are a whole bunch of claims swirling around the Sunrise Power Link. They can't all be true because most of them are the opposite of each other.
  Rich Caputo in Julian News – 02/01/06
• Power line opposed by most of 400 attending
  They came by the hundreds during a weekday afternoon to express their concerns about a proposed power line.
  J. Harry Jones and Craig D. Rose in San Diego Union-Tribune – 02/01/06
• Power line opponents pack hearing
  An overflow crowd of more than 300 people jammed into a building at the Ramona fairgrounds Tuesday for the chance to learn about, and sound off on, a proposal to string giant, buzzing power lines across San Diego County's backcountry.
  Dave Downey in North County Times – 02/01/06
• Ramona hearing set for disputed power line plan
  After pleas from local environmental activists and citizens groups, the California Public Utilities Commission has agreed to hold a hearing next week about a controversial electricity transmission line in Ramona rather than in San Francisco.
  J. Harry Jones in San Diego Union-Tribune – 01/25/06
• Environmental groups protest power line proposal
  Two environmental groups filed a motion Friday with the state Public Utilities Commission against a proposed high-voltage transmission line from Imperial County to San Diego.
  Willam Finn Bennett in North County Times – 01/20/06
• 'Sunrise' plan gets a stormy reception
  SDG&E's power line generates opposition. They came to find out about a huge power line that many had just learned could be coming by their homes.
  J. Harry Jones in San Diego Union-Tribune – 01/12/06
• Proposed power line energizes opposition
  SDG&E wants route through backcountry. The battle lines are being drawn, and they are far clearer than the route of a power line proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
  J. Harry Jones in San Diego Union-Tribune – 01/11/06
• SDG&E files to build line from Imperial Valley to S.D.
  San Diego Gas & Electric filed a request with state regulators yesterday to build a major new transmission line through the Imperial Valley to San Diego County.
  Terri Somers in San Diego Union-Tribune – 12/16/05
• An early Christmas present for Julian?
  Julian's Main Street was decked out in Christmas lights. Throw in a dusting of snow and you'd have a picture-perfect postcard.
  Logan Jenkins in San Diego Union-Tribune – 12/15/05
• SDG&E files Sunrise Powerlink application
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. filed an application Thursday to build a high-voltage power line called the Sunrise Powerlink. Quinn Eastman inNorth County Times – 12/15/05
• Jacob opposes high-voltage line through Julian and Ramona
  Responding to the concerns of constituents in Ramona and Julian, county Supervisor Dianne Jacob has declared her opposition to one proposed route for a high-voltage power line from Imperial County into North County.
  Quinn Eastman in North County Times – 12/14/05
• SDG&E holds power line meeting in Ramona
  Ramona residents who want to find out if part of a proposed 120-mile string of high-power electrical lines from Imperial Valley might run through their community can get information about the plan at a meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ramona Community Center.
  Gig Conaughton in North County Times – 12/03/05
• SDG&E is powering up its sunny side
  A handmade poster on the cafeteria wall at Ramona Elementary School urges students not to be playground bullies. You have to hand it to San Diego Gas & Electric. 
  Logan Jenkins in San Diego Union-Tribune – 11/17/05
• SDG&E plotting new transmission line through region
  SDG&E held its Sunrise Powerlink phase two workshop at the DoubleTree Resort in Rancho Penasquitos Monday as part of its effort to include the community in its quest to build a new transmission line by 2010. 
  Elizabeth Marie Hemchak in North County Times – 11/16/05
• Julian may fight to keep power line away
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s new power-line system proposal won't be built anywhere near Julian, if a local citizens group has its way. 
  Bradley J. Fikes in North County Times – 11/15/05
• SDG&E unveils new power line "corridors"
  San Diego Gas & Electric officials unveiled a wide, triple-headed "corridor" Monday inside of which they hope to build a new "energy superhighway". 
  Gig Conaughton in North County Times – 11/14/05
• Next round of SDG&E transmission line meetings starts Monday
  On Monday, San Diego Gas & Electric Co. will start holding meetings showing potential corridors for its proposed Sunrise Powerlink transmission line. 
  Bradley J. Fikes in North County Times – 11/09/05
• Friendly advice on how to make the sun rise on Sunrise
  Thanks, Mr. Guiles, for taking time to skim this memo, which contains two pieces of advice. 
  Logan Jenkins in San Diego Union-Tribune – 10/05/05
• SDG&E exploring power line options
  A new power line that could be routed through local areas underwent scrutiny during a community workshop held by San Diego Gas and Electric this week in Rancho Penasquitos. 
  Andrew Good in Corridor News – 10/05/05
• SDG&E's power link plans questioned in Ramona
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. wants to narrow the list of routes for a high-voltage power line it wants to construct between inland North County and Imperial Valley. 
  Quinn Eastman in North County Times – 10/03/05
• SDG&E seeks public's help on power line route
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. wants the public's help to narrow the list of routes for a potentially controversial high-voltage power line between inland North County and the Imperial Valley. 
  Quinn Eastman in North County Times – 10/03/05
• SDG&E promoting proposed Powerlink
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. is launching a road show Monday to tell the story of its proposed Sunrise Powerlink, a power line it wants to build that could cross the Ramona and backcountry areas. 
  Kathy Day in North County Times – 09/30/05
• SDG&E plans public meetings about transmission line
  San Diego Gas & Electric plans to begin an extensive public dialogue about building the Sunrise Powerlink, a proposed major new electric-transmission line between San Diego and Imperial Counties. 
  Elizabeth Malloy in The Daily Transcript – 09/29/05 (subscription required)
• SDG&E agreed to purchase 300 megawatts of solar power from Imperial Valley facility
  San Diego Gas & Electric agreed to purchase 300 megawatts of solar power, with the potential for another 600 megawatts, from a facility in the Imperial Valley, the company announced Wednesday.
  North County Times – 09/07/05
• Solar project proposed
  The Imperial Valley has been named the site of a private energy project to build up to 36,000 solar dishes over three square miles of the desert to feed power to San Diego, it was announced this week. 
  Darren Simon in The Imperial Valley Press (subscription required)
• SDG&E to buy solar electricity
  San Diego Gas & Electric announced yesterday it had contracted with a Phoenix company to buy electricity from what could be the largest solar power generating project in the world. 
  Craig Rose in the San Diego Union-Tribune – 08/05/05
• SDG&E unveils plan for new transmission line
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. announced plans Wednesday to stretch a major transmission line between North County and the Imperial Valley that could bring enough power to the area to light up more than 650,000 homes.
  Edmond Jacoby in North County Times – 08/31/05
• SDG&E plans 500-kV line to tap renewables, improve reliability
  The new project, called the Sunrise Power link, will serve as an energy “superhighway” to dramatically improve reliability of the region’s transmission grid, said SDG&E. The line also will link the utility to available and potential renewable resources. The Sunrise Power link could import enough power to serve about 650,000 customers, according to the utility. 
  Platts' Electric Utility Week
• SDG&E plans an east-west power line
  San Diego Gas & Electric proposed yesterday to build a major east-west transmission line that it said would ensure regional electric reliability and allow it to tap renewable energy resources. 
  Craig Rose in the San Diego Union-Tribune – 09/01/05