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Power Project Expected to Draw a Crowd Downtown

Power Project Expected to Draw a Crowd Downtown

Organizers expect up to 1,000 people to rally Downtown this week in support of San Diego Gas & Electric Co.’s proposed transmission line.

On Dec. 3, at 11 a.m., Southern Californians for Valley Rainbow will host a rally, lunch and march to Gov. Gray Davis’ San Diego office at 1350 Front St. The group will deliver letters in support of the Valley Rainbow Interconnect, a 31-mile, 500,000-volt line that would deliver enough power to serve about 700,000 single-family homes.

On Dec. 5, the California Public Utilities Commission agenda includes SDG & E;’s application to construct Valley Rainbow. The commission is expected to make a decision on whether the project is necessary.

In October, a PUC administrative law judge said the $302 million transmission line was not cost effective to ratepayers and electricity reliability issues did not outweigh that concern.

She denied SDG & E;’s application.

But, on the same day, PUC Commissioner Henry Duque gave the project a nod.

Southern Californians for Valley Rainbow started during the summer of 2001. The group’s founding members are the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. and San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council.

The group includes more than 1 million supporters statewide, said spokesman Chris Wahl. It includes organizations such as the California Retailers Association and 25 local labor unions.

“This region needs the Valley Rainbow Interconnect if we want reliable delivery of power for San Diegans for years to come,” Jerry Butkiewicz, co-chairman of Southern Californians for Valley Rainbow, said in a press release. “Planning for the future now will help us control our own destiny.”

According to a press release by Southern Californians for Valley Rainbow, the new transmission line would benefit the region by providing access to reliable electricity, minimizing future service interruptions and enhancing access to competitively priced power.

, Rene’e Beasley Jones

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