San Diego Gas & Electric has broken ground for its 117-mile, $1.9-billion Sunrise Powerlink. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised the project as an example to the nation, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Schwarzenegger said the huge potential for sun and wind generation in the California deserts was dependent on transmission: "If you don't have the transmission lines you have nothing. You don't even get the investors to invest." The project, he said, would "carry enough renewable energy [from the Imperial Valley to San Diego] to reduce greenhouse gas emissions one million tons a year."
KGTV quoted SDGE Chairman and CEO Jessie Knight Jr. as saying: "Today's ceremony marks the culmination of more than five years of study and planning for a transmission line critically needed to increase reliability and help meet our goal of 33 percent renewable energy by 2020." San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob was quoted as saying: "Today's deplorable and premature celebration is an insult to the fire-prone communities that will live in constant fear if this line is built. This is not a done deal."
KGTV (San Diego, Calif.), Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog, San Diego (Calif.) Union-Tribune, Dec. 9.
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