May 21, 2012 (San Diego) – Five San Diego County transmission projects are among 30 identified transmission projects needed to maintain grid reliability that were approved by the California Independent System Operator Corporation Board of Governors in the 2011/2012 Transmission Plan. The local projects are:

By Laura Cyphert

June 10, 2011 (Lakeside)--As we watch the fires burning our neighbors in Arizona, we are again reminded why relying on imported power transmitted over hundreds of miles of vulnerable transmission lines, is a dangerous gamble for San Diego.

In Arizona, people are currently experiencing brown-outs as the firestorms have cut off major population centers from energy sources and disrupted transmission lines.  Burned transmission lines could shut down power as far as away as New Mexico and Texas.