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Posts from ‘March, 2009’

Bumper sticker sighting in Lakeside – Lets get out the word!

Getting Noticed -  Save El Monte Valley

This photo was just sent into SEMV from one of our members who ordered his bumper sticker from the www.SaveElMonteValley.com website.  Getting the word out and getting noticed is one of the things that needs to happen in order to stop these lines OR  to get them underground.    Lets [...]

Inspiring Visual Shown at Protest Meeting

Meeting moderator Mark Morgan shared this video slide show with the room full of residents on Feb 25th at the Lakeside Community Center.

Electrical Experts Confirm SDG&E Installation Fire Danger

More evidence that SDG&E, Sempra, and the CPUC are involved in a cover-up:
East County Magazine Article: Two electrical experts confirm Clark’s contention that SDG&E installations are dangerous, can ignite fires; SDG&E insists its lines are safe.

Donate to the legal fund today!!!!

Please contribute to our legal fund today.  To put your funds immediately to work for the fight, you can contribute to Protect Our Communities Fund at the San Diego Foundation.  Please indicate on your check if you would like to designate your funds to the legal fees of the East County Community Action Coalition (ECCAC), [...]

Say goodbye to our Golden Eagles… or ACT TODAY

I am saddened to find myself in a country where it is considered “low impact” to rob a community of its open spaces, scenic corridors, healthy homes, fire safety, and then …… on top of that…. knowingly cause the mortality of a dwindling species… Golden Eagles.  I think “low impact” only considers the corporate profit, [...]

The East County Community Action Coalition (ECCAC)

Some of us from the Save El Monte group have been visiting our neighboring community SDG&E open house “horse and pony” shows (including Campo, Scripps Ranch, and Alpine), and at each one we have discovered other passionate and vocal groups who also oppose this betrayal against our East County of San Diego.   These passionate [...]

SDG&E set to pay after misstating Sunrise info about the route alternatives

The Union Tribune published an article on March 7, 2009 that San Diego Gas & Electric Co. agreed on March 6, 2009 to pay up to $1.1 million to settle accusations that it tried to mislead state regulators about the proposed route for the Sunrise Powerlink.
The company didn’t admit lying to regulators, but apologized for [...]

TWO ELECTRICAL EXPERTS CONFIRM CLARK’S CONTENTION THAT SDG&E INSTALLATIONS ARE DANGEROUS, CAN IGNITE FIRES; SDG&E INSISTS ITS LINES ARE SAFE

February 24, 2009 (San Diego’s East County) — Ed Clark, an electrical protection engineer-turned-whistleblower, contends that inappropriate power line installations by SDG&E/Sempra Energy have caused multiple wildfires in San Diego County – and that the utility’s refusal to replace or correct the installations leaves our region at [...]

Video of Feb 25 Lakeside Protest Meeting

Source: www.copswiki.org

CPUC To Hear from Public on Rural Power Shut-off Plan

The Union-Tribune reported yesterday on the California Public Utilities Commission’s determination to examine SDG&E’s current plan to shut off power to rural communities during periods of high fire danger. The CPUC will hold meetings on April 7 and 8 in Alpine and Valley Center to hear from the public about the impact of this plan.
This [...]