April 18, 2008
But if you can’t attend, see the bottom of the page.
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The wide open spaces of Warner Valley. Can you imagine gigantic
power lines here? SDG&E can. Photo by Larry Hogue |
DATE:
Monday, May 12
TIMES:
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
PLACE:
Borrego Springs Resort,
DeAnza Room
1112 Tilting T Drive
Borrego Springs, CA
760-767-5700 (resort phone)
This is the first hearing where more than one Public Utilities Commissioner will be present. It is the first and only chance for these new commissioners to hear from the public up close and in person. The fact that Administrative Law Judge Steven Weissman scheduled this hearing is an encouraging sign that the Commission is taking public input seriously. Even more than in February, we need to have a massive turnout of people speaking both passionately and reasonably against the myriad harms the Sunrise Powerlink will do to our region, AND in favor of true green energy alternatives.
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Wilderness values of Hauser Wilderness would be impacted by the southern routing of the Powerlink project. Photo by Larry Hogue |
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The San Diego Smart Energy Solutions Campaign is holding two organizing meetings for volunteers to help mobilize attendance at the CPUC hearing: May 5 in Borrego Springs, and May 8 in Lakeside, both at 7 p.m. For more info, contact Micah Mitrosky (mmitrosky AT sierraclubsandiego.org) or 619-299-1797.
- Pick one of the start times; you don’t need to attend both, since these are technically two separate hearings.
- Arrive early – but if you can’t arrive early, come anyway.
- Sign in to speak as soon as you arrive, whether you want to speak or just leave a written comment.
- The best way to leave a written comment: wait until called on to speak, then state your name and say that you’d like to turn in a comment. You’ll be asked to hand it to the clerk.
- If you REALLY don’t want to speak at all, just turn in your written comment at the sign-in table.
- Come prepared: CPUC hearings don’t offer “comment cards” or other ways to write a comment at the meeting, so please arrive with comment in hand. Feel free to use these talking points, but try to personalize them. Don’t use the form letter mentioned below – that’s for folks who can’t make the hearing.
- Your presence in itself will help, even if you don’t want to speak or leave a comment. Look for volunteers handing out anti-Sunrise Powerlink stickers, badges, etc., to identify yourself as an opponent of the Powerlink.
Please send us a written comment and we’ll turn it in for you. Click here for
talking points and here for a
pre-written letter (personalize it as you see fit). Address your comments to: the Commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission and Administrative Law Judge Steven Weissman.
When you’re finished please mail or e-mail your comments to us at:
Desert Protective Council
P.O. Box 3635
San Diego, CA 92163-1635
Email: stopsunrise AT gmail DOT com