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May 12 Sunrise Powerlink Rendezvous in Borrego Springs

April 24th, 2008 Posted by Larry Hogue in Sunrise Powerlink
People came from all over to voice their opposition to the Sunrise Powerlink during the hearings in February.  Now we have an even better chance to make our voices heard.   (Photo by Diana Lindsay.)

For the past couple weeks, DesertBlog has regularly mentioned the extremely important Sunrise Powerlink hearings in Borrego Springs on May 12. Now we’ve posted a complete alert on our website. The page contains tips on attending the hearings, talking points, links to maps, and more. Attending the hearing is the most important action you can take in the next month to stop the Sunrise Powerlink. However, if you absolutely can’t attend the hearings, the alert also has links to suggested “talking points” for writing your own comment letter to the CPUC and to a form letter to the CPUC. Send the letters to us (contact info on the web page) and we’ll turn them in for you at the May 12 hearings.

Why are these hearings so important? As an article in the Union-Tribune confirms, two Public Utilities Commissioners will be attending a Sunrise Powerlink hearing for the first time. The Borrego Sun reports that two other commissioners are “checking their schedules.” It’s vital that these “new commissioners” see a large and passionate crowd of folks who want real clean energy alternatives, and not the anti-environment Sunrise Powerlink. So, leave work early, call the babysitter (or bring the kids!), and get out to Borrego Springs on May 12.

Other ways to help. If you live in the San Diego region and want to do more than attend the hearing or write a comment letter, the Smart Energy Solutions Campaign is holding two mobilization meetings, on the evenings of May 5 in Borrego Springs and May 8 in Lakeside, where volunteers can help promote a large turnout to the May 12 hearings. Links to flyers are also on our alert.

Let’s fill the Borrego Springs Resort to overflowing on May 12!

Update: The Anza-Borrego Foundation has a similar alert, focusing on Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on its Sunrise Powerlink page.

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