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November 1, 2007
The Temecula
Valley, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore Valley Chambers
Partner with
Californians for Clean and Reliable Energy Coalition
The three
chambers joined forces with the Californians for Clean and
Reliable Energy Coalition which supports the Sunrise
Powerlink Project. The Sunrise Powerlink Project will help
ensure that the business community and the region have
reliable electric service. A disruption to the electric
service would be detrimental to businesses and the region
with numerous consequences.
Click here for more information on the Sunrise Powerlink.
“It is vital that our business community can count on
electric service without interruption to our region,” stated
Alice Sullivan, President and CEO of the Temecula Valley
Chamber. “Business and job growth will suffer if we become
known as a region with electricity irregularity,” Sullivan
continued.
California’s residents and businesses receive their power
via a network of interconnected transmission lines that work
together to provide reliable electric service to homes and
businesses throughout California. A disruption or breakdown
of major transmission lines can compromise the entire system
and put consumers across the state at risk for blackouts and
energy shortages.
The Sunrise Powerlink would also expand access to new
supplies of clean solar, wind and geothermal energy in the
Imperial Valley that are waiting to be tapped and help
California move towards a greener energy future. In this new
era of “Green” Energy, the Sunrise Powerlink transmission
line is will provide the needed capacity of renewable power
to homes and businesses, while at the same time having
minimal impact on the environment.
July 20, 2007
The Temecula
Valley, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore Valley Chambers of
Commerce
Oppose
Government Energy Regulation
The Temecula Valley,
Murrieta and Lake Elsinore Valley Chambers of Commerce
opposes SB 412 (Simitian) which
would not allow for a diversity of gas supply sources
leading to higher cost of natural gas. The Chamber
opposition to the potential law sends a message to the
legislature that businesses throughout the Southwest
California region will not stand for such regulation.
“Many of us in our region rely on natural gas. Southern
California, in fact, leads the nation in the percentage of
homes, businesses and electric power plants fueled by
natural gas,” stated Kim Cousins, President and CEO of the
Chamber.
“We believe natural gas is important to Southern California
and believe more supply sources are needed and would benefit
the region as a whole,” continued Cousins.
New supply sources will increase a gas on gas competition
and would allow for lower prices for all customers. This
will also enhance new supply resources and reduce the risk
of a supply shortfall if something were to happen to an
existing pipeline or supply basin. SB 412 would set up an
unnecessarily long and laborious process during which the
state’s residents and businesses would be deprived of access
to the much needed natural gas supplies.
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