CPUC Public Hearings on Power Lines & Wildfires

The CPUC NEEDS to hear that deferred spending on power-line maintenance (including vegetation trimming) is NO LONGER acceptable AND that we don't need additonal power-line hazards in wildfire country when we can generate clean, renewable energy on SoCal rooftops and low-profile wind turbines.

ORDER INSTITUTING RULEMAKING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HEARINGS

The CPUC is conducting an Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) to potentially change CPUC rule(s) regarding power lines and wildfires. The Mussey Grade Road Alliance is a party to this OIR. The OIR potentially affects the three major investor owned utilities (SDG&E, SCE and PG&E) as well as telecommunication companies. The Administrative Law Judge has just ruled on three Public Participation Hearings to be held on this OIR. See this link: http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/efile/RULINGS/96478.pdf

Two of the hearings will be held in Southern California:

San Diego Hearing: March 17, 2009
2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
San Diego
Al Bahr Shriners Center
5440 Kearny Mesa Road
San Diego, CA 92111

Los Angeles Hearing: March 18, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Los Angeles
Junipero Serra State Office Building
Carmel Room - Auditorium
320 West 4th Street, 1st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013