Friday, August 10, 2012

San Onofre Update 8/9


City to adopt resolution regarding San Onofre
Coastline Pilot
The City Council made it clear that it planned to approve a resolution listing complaints about San Onofre's operation and concerns about its future, but that didn't keep the public from expressing opinions. Speakers came from San Clemente, Washington ...

San Diego Gas & Electric Begins Hot Weather Discounts
San Diego 6
The utility developed the program partially in response to the shutdown since January of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station due to a leak. Twenty percent of the power produced at the nuclear power plant went to SDG&E, but that amount was ...
Calif. heat wave brings power conservation call
Sacramento Bee
Valleys and inland areas have been baking all week under the influence of strong high pressure over the southwestern United States, bringing the summer's first real test of electrical supplies without the help of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Thunderstorms might hit I-8 late today
U-T San Diego
There's also concern about the power supply because the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station -- which provides 20 percent of the energy in San Diego County -- is offline. Southern California is in the midst of a heat wave that will send temperatures ...
Nuclear Woes Could Create a Window for Geothermal Energy
KQED (blog)
At a geothermal energy conference in Sacramento this week, the head of California's Independent Energy Producers association put the odds of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) “ever” coming back online at 50/50. Geothermal Education ...
Village Matters: Facing up to SONGS
Laguna Beach Independent
Now that San Onofre has been out of operation for months due to damaged components in recently purchased generators, we have an opportunity to take stock and explore ways to reduce our vulnerability. Thanks to the residents who spoke of their concerns, ...
Calif. heat wave brings power conservation call
U-T San Diego
... will continue through the weekend. The heat is on as the San Onofre nuclear plant remains offline due to problems with its steam generators. The "Flex Alert" is intended to prevent operating reserves from falling to the point that a Stage 1 ...

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