[SDCPJ] News Rel: Oct 1 CPUC Public Meeting in San Diego on San Onofre Costs

A reminder to please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1, at the CPUC meeting... come at any time that you can!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Coalition to Decommission San Onofre (CDSO)
      A project of Citizens Oversight, a 501(c) organization

Contact: Ray Lutz, raylutz@citizensoversight.org, 619-820-5321

Ratepayers' Message to SCE & SDG&E on San Onofre: YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT!

WHAT: CA PUC's 1^st Public Hearing in San Diego on San Onofre Costs

WHEN: TUESDAY, October 1, 2013

            1p - CDSO Press Conference outside building entry

            2-5p and 6:30-9:30p - CA PUC Public Hearing (NOTE: TWO SESSIONS)

            5:30-7:30p - Overpass Light Brigade on sidewalk by entry driveway

WHERE: Al Bahr Shriners Building, 5440 Kearny Mesa Rd., San Diego, CA 92111

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is holding its first Public Participation Hearing in San Diego on how much the captive ratepayers of SCE and SDG&E should pay for the defective San Onofre Power Plant! The Coalition to Decommission San Onofre (CDSO), a volunteer grassroots organization representing the interests of the 8.5 million people living within 50 miles of this defunct nuclear power plant/waste dump, recently submitted the following testimony in this Investigation [http://www.copswiki.org/w/pub/Common/M1383/CleanI1210013CDSOP2Testimony.pdf]

• The San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant was not "used and useful" at any time after the emergency shutdown on January 31, 2012. Furthermore, as soon as the Root Cause Analysis had been completed by SCE for both Units 2 and 3 on May 7, 2012, it should have been clear to any reasonable manager that the plant would never run again. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission just published its finding that SCE failed to identify a flawed design for four replacement steam generators, which led to excessive wear to hundreds of tubes that carried radioactive water. http://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ml13263a271-so-inspectionreport2013-09-20.pdf

• CDSO argued in Phase 1 of this CPUC Investigation that SCE did NOT exercise reasonable managerial skill in designing, fabricating, installing and troubleshooting the Steam Generator Replacement Project (SGRP) and related High Pressure Turbine (HPT) project and Phase 3, the Reasonableness Review of the SGRP, remains to be conducted. Therefore, the CPUC has no basis on which to make the findings proposed by SCE and SDG&E in Phases 1 or 2 of the Investigation.

• The calculation of net investment in fixed assets should be based on the plant without the defectively designed and failed SGRP and systems replaced contingent upon it. As a rough estimate, the base plant value, not including these failed/superfluous systems is about $1,241 - $768 [SGRP] - $24 [HPT] = $449 million net investment in the core plant. The difference between $1,241 and $449 represents the loss incurred by the failure of the SGRP and should be resolved between SCE and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and any insurance, with the rest covered by shareholders (through loss of their equity).

• Any remaining assets not already been fully depreciated should be depreciated at a rate to allow investors to recover their investment but not enjoy a return on the investment due to the inherent risk involved in such investments. Allowing investors to be risk-free in their investment continues to incentivize monopoly utilities to develop failed projects that run only for a short time, so they can have the entirety of their investment returned plus an ROI and have it returned faster than the normal depreciation schedule. This is extremely counterproductive regulatory policy which has been fully exposed by the magnitude of this failed SGRP and its consequent costs. The CPUC needs no further reason to recognize this and cease repeating this perverse policy.

• San Onofre should be removed from the rate base at the earliest date allowed under Public Utilities Code Section 455.5: November 1, 2012; and all activities subsequent to November 1, 2012, considered "decommissioning" as the plant is no longer used and useful. The defectively-designed and failed Steam Generator Replacement Project and related High Pressure Turbine project should be treated as abandoned plant, and therefore, shareholders should not recover their equity nor any return on their equity investment on them.

The Investor-Owned Utilities who are the gatekeepers to our transmission grid and generation resources do NOT need any more help from this Commission. We ratepayers who fund their lavish compensation and can barely support ourselves, our families, and our small businesses, DO. To wit …

• The Houston Chronicle reported that the average annual compensation of utility executives nationwide increased 150% from 2000 - 2011. In Southern California, it is even more egregious -- the annual compensation for the Chair & CEO of SCE increased 15 times from 2000 - 2011, from $764k to 10.9 Mil; and that for the SDG&E Chair/CEO increased a mere 4 times in the same time period, from almost $1 Mil to $3.9 Mil. http://www.chron.com/news/energy/item/Electric-Utility-Executive-Compensation-13532.php?appSession=003978379741089

• The electricity rates paid by the captive customers of the SCE and SDG&E monopolies are 50% higher than those paid in the two largest municipal electric utilities in California (L.A. and Sacramento)

http://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/compareyourelectricrates2012-04.pdf

• SCE is writing down San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 on its books, and reported a 43% increase in year-to-date core earnings for 2013 over 2012.

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130801-915980.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

• While also writing down its 20% share in San Onofre, SDG&E's parent, Sempra Energy, reported a profit for 2nd Quarter 2013 that almost quadrupled from last year.

http://www.rttnews.com/2167132/sempra-energy-q2-profit-nearly-quadruples-but-misses-view.aspx

• Compare the guaranteed return expected by SoCal Edison and SDG&E of 5+ % to the current return on other deposits and investments guaranteed by the government:

• Daily overnight average for the 1-year CD 0.70%

• One-Year Treasury 0.15

• Constant Maturity 91-day T-bill auction avg disc rate. 0.020

• 182-day T-bill auction avg disc rate 0.035

• Two-Year Treasury Constant Maturity 0.47

• Five-Year Treasury Constant Maturity 1.76

• Ten-Year Treasury Constant Maturity 2.92

http://www.bankrate.com/rates/

• While our SDG&E and SCE rates go up even higher, the CPUC is currently soliciting bids for a $7 MIL contract to buff its tarnished image for safety and accountability. https://www.bidsync.com/DPX/ca/cdgs?ac=view&auc=1947395

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[SDCPJ] Fwd: Guest Speakers at "Amish Project" play

Join the Peace Resource Center along with the Brethren, Quaker, and Mennonite Communities at The Amish Project on Friday, October 11, 2013:

Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company presents

The Amish Project
By Jessica Dickey
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg

As violence in our nation reaches an all-time high with mass shootings becoming an all-too-familiar way of life, there couldn't be a more appropriate time to explore the issue of school violence than with a compelling piece of theatre.  That compelling piece of theatre is "The Amish Project" and the time to experience it is now.  By turns touching and tragic, playwright Jessica Dickey has crafted a beautiful and thought-provoking play about the 2006 Nickel Mines shooting in a one-room Amish schoolhouse.  As we meet the play's seven fictional characters who bring the grief, fear, humor, innocence, and hope of this tragic event to life, we are compelled to ask ourselves the question: when caught at the crossroads of sorrow, rage, and forgiveness, which path do we take?

And stay for a FREE Post-show Discussion:

The Challenge of Nonviolence

Imagine a moment in life when violence shatters your world and every part of your being wants to retaliate with vengeance. How could you possibly untangle this dilemma in a positive way and realize a compassionate, nonviolent approach? How might a whole community grapple with the complexities? What resources are available to assist, advocate, and empower society during these struggles? Join a panel of three representatives from the Peace Campus in City Heights (Church of the Brethren, Quakers, and Peace Resource Center) for a discussion that reveals both the challenges and the power of nonviolence.

Tickets are $15 per person.

RSVP to Mariah Gayler at mariah@prcsd.org or 619-263-9301 by Friday, October 4, 2013.   

Seating is limited.  $15 tickets valid for advance purchases only.  Standard rates apply for door sales.

Mo`olelo at The 10th Avenue Theatre
930 10th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101  

For more information about the theater and play, visit www.moolelo.net

For flyer or more info about the panelists, visit www.prcsd.org

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Peace Resource Center of San Diego
3850 Westgate Pl, San Diego, CA 92105
www.prcsd.org & www.sdfriendscenter.org
info@prcsd.org / 619-263-9301

Executive Director: Mariah Gayler

Director Emerita: Carol Jahnkow

[SDCPJ] Fwd: Video and summary notes of 9/26/13 NRC meeting in Carlsbad re: San Onofre

Here is Ray Lutz's video of the September 26, 2013 Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting in Carlsbad on the Decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. Also included are Roger Johnson's notes about the meeting.

Video of the NRC meeting is available at this URL:
http://www.copswiki.org/Common/M1387

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[SDCPJ] [unac] Malalai Joya, detailed tour schedule

Afghan women's rights and anti-occupation activist, Malalai Joya, will be in San Diego Oct 21-23.  Scroll down to the bottom of the message for the San Diego portion of her national tour.
 
Don't miss this unusal opportunity to hear firsthand aboaut what's really happening in Afghanstan.  And don't forget - October is the 12th anniversary of the US invasion and ongoing occupation of Afghanistan.
 
Rick G.
 

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:21:21 -0400
From: unacpeace@gmail.com
To: unac@lists.riseup.net
Subject: [unac] Malalai Joya, detailed tour schedule

(Please forward widely) Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords, Prospects for Afghan Women and Non-intervention in my Country.   On the 12th anniversary of  the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, UNAC, in conjunction with the Afghan Women's Mission is sponsoring a national tour of former Afghanistan legislator, women's rights and antiwar leader, Malalai Joya.  Please see the Schedule below.  For more information, please contact the local organizer for the city listed below or email UNAC's Malalai Joya National Tour Coordinator, Jeff Mackler at jmackler@lmi.net or  UNACpeace@gmail.com Malalai Joya U.S. Tour Schedule Sponsored by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), www.UNACpeace.org And the Afghan Women's Mission, www.afghanwomensmission.org For general information, contact Jeff Mackler at 510-268-9429 or jmackler@lmi.net New York City (Oct. 3-5). Contact: jlombard@nycap.rr.com                 Thursday, Oct. 3, 7 pm, Skylight Room, CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave.                                 Also speaking, Sharmin Hossain from the Ad Hoc Committee Against the Militarization of                                                 CUNY who helped organize protest against former general David Petraeus who                                                 Is teaching at CUNY                 Friday, Oct 4, 1 pm, Meyer Building at NYU, Room 122                 Friday, Oct 4, 6 pm, Church Center for the United Nations, 777 United Nations Plaza,                         2nd Fl, East 44th St. & 1st ave.                                  This event is the ending of a week long program of the People's Global Action on  Migration Development & Human Rights.  Please go to www.pga2013.org for details                 Friday, Oct 4, 7 pm (the main New York City public meeting, at the Community Church                         of New York, 40 East 35th St.                  Saturday, Oct 5, 6:30 pm, Deepak Homebase at ABC carpet & home, 888 Broadway at                         e. 19th  St.                                 This will be a conversation on justice with Eve Ensler, V-Day founder and tony-award                                 winning playwright.  Cost $25 to benefit Malalai Joya's work in Afghanistan.  Please                                 RSVP at www.vday.org/mj Boston (Oct 6 – 8), Contact: marilynl@alumni.new.edu             Sunday, Oct 6, 7 pm, First Parish (U-U) Church, 1446 Massachusetts Ave, Harvard Sq.,                         Cambridge                         Also speaking will be Noam Chomsky.  Before the meeting and at the same                         Location there will a reception for Malalai Joya and Noam Chomsky starting                         At 5 pm with music and refreshments.             Monday, Oct 7, noon, Tufts University, Barnum 104             Monday, Oct 7, 3:30 pm Univ. of Mass. Boston, Campus Center, Ballroom C, 3rd fl.             Monday, Oct 7, 7 PM, Wellesley College, Tishman Commons, Wang Campus Center             Tuesday, Oct 8, 1pm, Suffolk University   Amherst, MA (Oct 8), Contact: cmgauvreau@me.com             Tuesday, Oct 8, 7:30 pm, Food for Thought Books, 106 North Pleasant St.   Albany, NY (Oct 9), Contact: jlombard@nycap.rr.com             Wednesday, Oct 9 at 1 pm, Bush memorial Auditorium, Russell Sage                         College, Congress and first St. Tory, NY              Wednesday, Oct 9 at 7 PM, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany,                         405 Washington Ave., Albany   Chicago (Oct 10 – 12), Contact: Phunt45@aol.com             Thursday, Oct 10, noon, 8th Day Center, 205 Monroe, Rm 500             Thursday night, vigil to commemorate the anniversary of the Afghanistan                         War, time and location TBA             Friday & Saturday, Oct 11 & 12, TBA   Madison (Oct 12 – 14), Contact: jasmine.clay@housing.wisc.edu             Sunday, October 13th at 2pm in Gordon Dining and Event Center, Madison   Twin Cities (Oct 15 – 16), Contact: scrn@yahoo.com             Tuesday, Oct 15, 7 PM, Foss Center, Augsburg College, 625 22nd Ave. South                         Minneapolis             Wednesday, Oct 16, 12:15 – 1:05 PM, U of M Law School, Rm 40 Mondale  Hall 229, 19th Ave. South Minneapolis             Wednesday, Oct 16, 4:30 – 6:00 PM, Macalester College, St. Paul, Rm TBA   San Francisco Bay Area (Oct. 17 – 18), Contact: jmackler@lmi.net             Thursday, Oct 17 10 noon – 2 PM; University of California at Berkeley,                         Wheeler Hall, Maude fife room Thursday, Oct 17, 7:30 – 10 pm, Berkeley City College, Auditorium             21, 2050 Center St. Between Milvia and Shattuck Friday, Oct 18, noon, Stanford Univ. (luncheon meeting/location TBA) Friday, Oct 18, 7 PM, Friends Service Committee Hall, Palo Alto             (Address TBA)   Los Angeles (Oct 19 – 21), Contact: sonali@sonaliandjim.net             Saturday, Oct 19th 7 – 9 PM, All Saints Church, the Forum, 132 N Euclid Ave,                         Pasadena, CA 91101.                         Media sponsor is KPFK, suggested donation of $10 will include copy of Joya's                         Book, "A Woman Among Warlords," Book signing to follow.             Monday, Oct 21st, 10 am – 12 noon, Cal State Fullerton, Longsdorf Hall (LH), Room                         318.  (LH is along Nutwood Ave)             Other LA area events TBA   San Diego (Oct 22 – 23), Contact: aka0001@hotmail.com            Monday, Oct 21, 7 PM, Loker Avenue West Suite J, Carlsbad, CA             Tuesday, Oct 22, 11 am, San Diego City College, V101 (16th & C Streets)             Tuesday, Oct 22, 7 PM, San Diego State University, Nassatir Hall 100                         A Feminist research Coolquium, co-sponsored by the Bread and Roses Center                         Of the Department of Women's Studies and the Center for intercultural                         Relations, SDSU             Wednesday, Oct 23, 2 PM, UCSD (room tba)             Wednesday, Oct 23, 7 PM, Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate PL., San Diego                                  click here to donate to UNAC Click here for the Facebook UNAC group. To remove yourself from the UNAC listserv, please send an email to: UNAC-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net To add yourself to the UNAC listserv, please send an email to: UNAC-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

[SDCPJ] Extraordinary Opportunity: Malalai Joya in San Diego

From October 21 – 23 you have the extraordinary opportunity to meet and hear from one of the most exceptional women of the world to come out of the last decade. Malalai Joya will visit five venues in the San Diego region per the detailed schedule below, ending on October 23 at 7 PM at the Church of the Brethren, sponsored by the San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice. 

 

Malalai Joya, now 34, comes out of the war and occupation-torn maelstrom of Afghanistan.  She served as a 2003 elected delegate to the Loya Jirga that convened on the Constitution of Afghanistan, and in 2007 became one of 68 women elected to the 249-seat National Assembly, or Wolesi Jirga, as the youngest member of that Afghan parliament.  In 2003 and again in 2007 she spoke out against former warlords and war criminals in the Afghan parliament, and because of this stance was suspended from the parliament. Since then she has survived six assassination attempts. She travels in Afghanistan with armed guards and has worked tirelessly on behalf of Afghan women and to end the occupation of her country. 

 

In 2010, Time Magazine placed Malalai Joya on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.  Foreign Policy Magazine listed her in its annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In March, 2011, The Guardian listed her among the "Top 100 women activists and campaigners." Her book, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice, was published by Scribner in the U.S.

 

October 21-23, 2013

Join with Afghan women's rights and anti-occupation activist

Malalai Joya

A Woman Among Warlords:

Prospects for Afghan Women and Non-Intervention In Afghanistan

Monday, Oct. 21, 7 pm	Al Awda Center, 2720 Loker Avenue West Suite J, Carlsbad CA 92010 Co-sponsored by Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition For more information on this event, or to join the Facebook event page, click here
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 11am	San Diego City College, V101 (16th and C Streets) Co-sponsored by the SDCC Chicano/a Studies, Sociology, History and Political Science Depts., and the SDCC Visionary Feminists and BEAT clubs
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7 pm	San Diego State University, Nassatir Hall 100 A Feminist Reaseach Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Bread and Roses Center of the Department of Women's Studies, and the Center for Intercultural Relations, SDSU
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2 pm	UCSD (room tbd)
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7 pm	Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Pl., San Diego 92105 For more information on this event, or to join the Facebook event page, click here

[SDCPJ] Tijuana Maquiladora Tour -- Oct 12, 2013

 FYI, tours in December & January are being tentatively planned.

Tijuana Maquiladora Tour
Come to learn about Tijuana communities and workers'
conditions and struggles!

 

Saturday, Oct 12, 9 am to 3 pm 

 

Important Notice:

 

·         Citizens returning from Mexico should present an U.S. passport. (Otherwise, they need an official ID, birth certificate, and waiting in line when returning to the U.S. for a period of time to be decided by the border gate officer.) More information: the U.S. State Dept. web site: US Citizens - Documents needed for entry into the U.S..

·         All tour participants must read the US travel alert to Mexico and sign the tour waiver. Please click here to get the Tour waiver.  

 

Schedule (There may be slight variations from tour to tour.)

·      9:00 am sharp- San Ysidro. Additional information about the meeting place will be provided.

·      9:15 am- The crosses at the border: More than 7,000 immigrants have died trying to cross the border since 1994, when NAFTA was imposed.

·      9:30 am- Otay Industrial Park, Sanyo and other maquiladoras: workers' labor conditions, labor rights and struggles
NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won't enter any factory.

·      11:15 am- Rio Alamar, or how maquiladoras, distorted urban development and wild industrialization define Tijuana

·      12:00 pm- Foxconn: the largest maquiladora in both Tijuana and the world

·      12:45 pm- Lunch

·      1:15 pm:- Group dialogue about the experience; time for questions and comments

·      2:00 pm- Working women in Tijuana are organizing artisan cooperatives and promoting an alternative economy. They will bring their handcrafts to the tour. To learn in advance about these cooperatives, please go to: ollincallicm.blogspot.com

·      3:00 pm- Return to the bus station

 

Donations

 

·      $30 regular, $20 students, $ 50 solidarity

·      Donations cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to the workers' organizations.

·      For tour registration go here: sdmaquila.org

Sponsored by Colectivo Ollin Calli Tijuana, San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network
and Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras

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[SDCPJ] Needed by Monday. Petition to stop loans for new nuclear reactors

I just took action to demand President Obama and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz reject a massive $8.3 billion taxpayer loan for new nuclear reactors.

I think you should too! 

http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/stop-taxpayer-loan-for-new-nuclear-reactors?sp_ref=11706699.4.662.e.0.2&source=mailto_sp

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[SDCPJ] Ratepayers’ Message to SCE & SDG&E: YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT!

California Public Utilities Commission Public Hearing in San Diego on Tuesday, October 1, 2013!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2013
Coalition to Decommission San Onofre (CDSO)
Contact: Ray Lutz, raylutz@citizensoversight.org, 619/820-5321

Ratepayers' Message to SCE & SDG&E: YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT!

WHAT: CA PUC's 1st Public Hearing in San Diego on San Onofre Costs

WHEN: TUESDAY, October 1, 2013
1p - CDSO Press Conference outside building entry
2-5p and 6:30-9:30p - CA PUC Public Hearing
5:30-7:30p - Overpass Light Brigade on sidewalk by entry driveway

WHERE: Al Bahr Shriners Building, 5440 Kearny Mesa Rd., San Diego, CA 92111

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is holding its first Public Participation Hearing in San Diego on how much the captive ratepayers of SCE and SDG&E should pay for the defective San Onofre Power Plant! The Coalition to Decommission San Onofre (CDSO), a volunteer grassroots organization representing the interests of the 8.5 million people living within 50 miles of this defunct nuclear power plant/waste dump, recently submitted the following testimony in this Investigation :

• The San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant was not "used and useful" at any time after the emergency shutdown on January 31, 2012. Furthermore, as soon as the Root Cause Analysis had been completed by SCE for both Units 2 and 3 on May 7, 2012, it should have been clear to any reasonable manager that the plant would never run again. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission just published its finding that SCE failed to identify a flawed design for four replacement steam generators, which led to excessive wear to hundreds of tubes that carried radioactive water.http://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ml13263a271-so-inspectionreport2013-09-20.pdf

• CDSO argued in Phase 1 of this CPUC Investigation that SCE did NOT exercise reasonable managerial skill in designing, fabricating, installing and troubleshooting the Steam Generator Replacement Project (SGRP) and related High Pressure Turbine (HPT) project and Phase 3, the Reasonableness Review of the SGRP, remains to be conducted. Therefore, the CPUC has no basis on which to make the findings proposed by SCE and SDG&E in Phases 1 or 2 of the Investigation.

• The calculation of net investment in fixed assets should be based on the plant without the defectively designed and failed SGRP and systems replaced contingent upon it. As a rough estimate, the base plant value, not including these failed/superfluous systems is about $1,241 - $768 [SGRP] - $24 [HPT] = $449 million net investment in the core plant. The difference between $1,241 and $449 represents the loss incurred by the failure of the SGRP and should be resolved between SCE and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and any insurance, with the rest covered by shareholders (through loss of their equity).

• Any remaining assets not already been fully depreciated should be depreciated at a rate to allow investors to recover their investment but not enjoy a return on the investment due to the inherent risk involved in such investments. Allowing investors to be risk-free in their investment continues to incentivize monopoly utilities to develop failed projects that run only for a short time, so they can have the entirety of their investment returned plus an ROI and have it returned faster than the normal depreciation schedule. This is extremely counterproductive regulatory policy which has been fully exposed by the magnitude of this failed SGRP and its consequent costs. The CPUC needs no further reason to recognize this and cease repeating this perverse policy.

• San Onofre should be removed from the rate base at the earliest date allowed under Public Utilities Code Section 455.5: November 1, 2012; and all activities subsequent to November 1, 2012, considered "decommissioning" as the plant is no longer used and useful. The defectively-designed and failed Steam Generator Replacement Project and related High Pressure Turbine project should be treated as abandoned plant, and therefore, shareholders should not recover their equity nor any return on their equity investment on them.

The Investor-Owned Utilities who are the gatekeepers to our transmission grid and generation resources do NOT need any more help from this Commission. We ratepayers who fund their lavish compensation and can barely support ourselves, our families, and our small businesses, DO. To wit …

• The Houston Chronicle reported that the average annual compensation of utility executives nationwide increased 150% from 2000 - 2011. In Southern California, it is even more egregious -- the annual compensation for the Chair & CEO of SCE increased 15 times from 2000 - 2011, from $764k to 10.9 Mil; and that for the SDG&E Chair/CEO increased a mere 4 times in the same time period, from almost $1 Mil to $3.9 Mil.http://www.chron.com/news/energy/item/Electric-Utility-Executive-Compensation-13532.php?appSession=003978379741089

• The electricity rates paid by the captive customers of the SCE and SDG&E monopolies are 50% higher than those paid in the two largest municipal electric utilities in California (L.A. and Sacramento)
http://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/compareyourelectricrates2012-04.pdf

• SCE is writing down San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 on its books, and reported a 43% increase in year-to-date core earnings for 2013 over 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130801-915980.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

• While also writing down its 20% share in San Onofre, SDG&E's parent, Sempra Energy, reported a profit for 2nd Quarter 2013 that almost quadrupled from last year.
http://www.rttnews.com/2167132/sempra-energy-q2-profit-nearly-quadruples-but-misses-view.aspx

• Compare the guaranteed return expected by SoCal Edison and SDG&E of 5+ % to the current return on other deposits and investments guaranteed by the government:

o Daily overnight average for the 1-year CD 0.70%
o One-Year Treasury 0.15
o Constant Maturity 91-day T-bill auction avg disc rate. 0.020
o 182-day T-bill auction avg disc rate 0.035
o Two-Year Treasury Constant Maturity 0.47
o Five-Year Treasury Constant Maturity 1.76
o Ten-Year Treasury Constant Maturity 2.92
http://www.bankrate.com/rates/

• While our SDG&E and SCE rates go up even higher, the CPUC is currently soliciting bids for a $7 MIL contract to buff its tarnished image for safety and accountability. https://www.bidsync.com/DPX/ca/cdgs?ac=view&auc=1947395

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CDSO Testimony before the CPUC:http://www.copswiki.org/w/pub/Common/M1383/CleanI1210013CDSOP2Testimony.pdf

http://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ml13263a271-so-inspectionreport2013-09-20.pdf

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[SDCPJ] News Rel: NRC Meeting Today in La Costa

For Immediate Release

Coalition to Decommission San Onofre to ask NRC for official recognition for Citizens Oversight of San Onofre Decommissioning

Public invited to participate, Current plans call for a permanent nuclear waste dump on the site

WHEN: 6-9 PM TODAY, SEPT 26, 2013 (Doors open at 5pm for security screening)
WHERE:  Omni La Costa, 2100 Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad CA
WHAT: Category 3 Public meeting to discuss the decommissioning process for commercial nuclear power reactor facilities, including at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 (SONGS), and NRC's regulatory oversight of the decommissioning process.
MORE INFO: NRC Official Invitation: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20132149

As the community continues to celebrate the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, there is recognition that the job is not over, and now a struggle to decommission the plant now begins, along with the need to carefully monitor the use of nearly $4 billion in decommissioning funds, so that the plant is returned to its former state.

CORE MESSAGE OF Coalition to Decommission San Onofre:
We are here today in the hope that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will make San Onofre the "Flagship Project" for a safe-and-sane cleanup of America's old and dangerous nuclear fleet and its highly radioactive nuclear waste problems. The original Manhattan Project brought us to where we are now; it's time for the same kind of resources and energy to be put into a project to rid of us this dangerous radioactive waste.

To this end the Coalition to Decommission San Onofre is forming a true citizens' oversight committee to watch out for the health and safety of all Californians and workers at the plant during the decommissioning process, and to monitor the cost of decommissioning so the citizens and ratepayers of California are fully represented during the process.

1. The Coalition to Decommission San Onofre asks the NRC to give us official status in order to ensure that the public will have an opportunity to review and comment on significant decommissioning plans, including planned expenditures.

2. Coalition members learned recently from the NRC that high burnup fuel* has been used at San Onofre since 1996. But we have been unable to find a public notice of that from the NRC or SCE. Even the union and other workers we have contacted were not aware of its use. Was a notice ever given to the public and workers? Were workers made aware that this high burnup fuel is more than twice as radioactive?

* High burnup fuel is hotter and "between 2 and 158 times more radioactive", requiring the waste to be cooled on-site in spent fuel pools for at least 12-15 years (rather than 5 years).

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/Global/canada/report/2010/5/nuclear/GP_REACTOR_FUEL_REPORT_MAY2010.pdf,

SCE SONGS 2 & 3 Early Decommissioning Scenario – CPUC Supplemental Testimony, July, 22, 2013, 

http://sanonofresafety.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/nucleardecomcosttri2012_test_sce_20130722_282046.pdf

3. The Coalition wants to know how the high burnup fuel may impact the decommissioning process at San Onofre. What specific problems does this higher radioactive fuel present for waste storage in fuel pools and dry cask storage at San Onofre and just how much longer will this radiation last? How will decommissioning be impacted by the current onsite storage of the spent fuel at San Onofre? 

4. Coalition members also learned recently that some NRC staff are worried about short and long-term waste storage in dry cask of high burnup fuel, and have initiated a new study to determine if it can safely be stored in dry casks. When will this NRC report be complete? Will it be released public and when? The Coalition has learned that there appears to be no way to monitor what's occurring to the spent fuel assemblies stored inside the dry casks. How does the NRC propose to monitor the condition of the highly radioactive material stored inside dry casks? How many casks will be required to safely store all the high burnup fuel that is on site in both the spent fuel pools and dry casks at San Onofre? How much high burn up fuel is on site in spent fuel pools and in dry cask storage at San Onofre

Donna Gilmore of San Clemente says "I was shocked to learn San Onofre, as well as other plants in California and around the country, have been using high burnup fuel that is over twice as radioactive and has no approved short or long term safe storage solution."

Gene Stone of Residents Organized for Safe Environment (ROSE) says "we may be a little safer with San Onofre closed, but we are not safe yet.

To help inform ratepayers and the general public about the issues affecting the decommissioning process at San Onofre, the Coalition to Decommission San Onofre will sponsor a Community Symposium on Decommissioning San Onofre, Saturday, October 19, 2013 1:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Living,1201 Puerta Del Sol, Suite 100, San Clemente, CA 92673.

Featured speakers will include Arjun Makhijani, expert on Hardened On Site Storage of nuclear waste and long-term high-level waste management issues and President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and Marvin Resnikoff, expert on nuclear waste management issues and Senior Associate at Radioactive Waste Management Associates.

http://residentsorganizedforasafeenvironment.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/community-symposium-on-decommissioning-san-onofre/. 

For more info contact:

Gene Stone of ROSE, 949-233-7724, genston@sbcglobal.net

Glenn Pascall of the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, 949-248-3138, pascall@att.net

Carol Jahnkow of Peace Resource Center of SD, 760-390-0775, caroljahnkow@gmail.com
Ray Lutz of Citizens Oversight, 619-820-5321, raylutz@citizensoversight.org

The Coalition to Decommission San Onofre is a DBA of CitizensOversight, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit Delaware corporation.

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[SDCPJ] Fwd: Free Screening: Where Should the Birds Fly

Free Screening tomorrow, Wed. Sept. 25th!

A new documentary film about Gaza, by a film Palestinian maker from Gaza, will screen at the Four Points Sheraton on Wednesday at 7:00 pm.  The film maker, Fida Qishta, will be in attendance and will speak about the process of making her film and the complexities of life under siege in Gaza.  

Please find information about the screening on the attached flier.  This event is sponsored by the ADC, Karama and the Peace Resource Center of San Diego

The following is a link to a trailer for the film: http://whereshouldthebirdsfly.org

[SDCPJ] Draw the Line -- Stop the Keystone XL Pipline

 

PAY ATTENTION!!!
Send this message  to President Obama - Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline!
All Together NOW!!!

Be part of this historic moment. Join thousands across the country in sending the message to President Obama that we oppose the pipeline.

 Join the thousands being trained to respond immediately with dignified, peaceful civil disobedience in the event that the State Department recommends going forward with the pipeline. There is also an opportunity to be trained to support those engaging in the civil disobedience.

It will take each and every one of us to draw President Obama's attention from the insiders who have his ear.  President Obama needs to pay attention to the science, to the people, to the earth.

      We draw the line here!
Training will be held Saturday September 28
10 am – 4 pm
 Please RSVP for address and more information <http://sandiego350.org/civicrm/index.php?q=civicrm/event/info&amp;reset=1&amp;id=57>
La Jolla, CA

Please sign up at http://sandiego350.org/civicrm/index.php?q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=57 <http://sandiego350.org/civicrm/index.php?q=civicrm/event/info&amp;reset=1&amp;id=57>


And also make sure that you sign the Pledge of Resistance
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/kxl_pledge

Hugh Moore
hmoore@sandiego350.org
619 647 5830

 

[SDCPJ] AGENDA - SDCPJ meeting, Monday 9/23, 7 PM

YES, there is a meeting of the San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice tomorrow evening!  The Agenda follows, also attached with relevant information.  Please print your copy of the agenda and bring with you - SEE YOU THERE!!

SAN DIEGO COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

                        - In the Peace Resource Center Office At the Friends Center -

                        3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA 92105

                        Monday, September 23, 2012 – 7:00 PM

Agenda

Tonight's Facilitator:

Welcome, Introductions

Note taker for this evening's meeting will be ________________

Next regular SDCPJ meeting: Monday, Oct. 14, 2012 (to be confirmed) 

Facilitator_____________

 

"So much ingenuity to wage war, still no clue how to wage peace. I am living in a mad house."

 

Discussion

- Debrief: 2nd anniversary of Occupy, future direction

 

- Discussion: Syria – outcomes, what next?

 

- Update/Planning:  Malalai Joya tour, October 2013 - 12th anniversary of US invasion of Afghanistan (outreach, media, etc.)

 

- New Item/Discussion: Possible Nov. 15 Action Against Drones (national call for day of action)

 

-  Discussion:  KNSJ radio – sponsorship opportunities (Martin)

 

- Discussion (as time permits): SDCPJ and social media

 

 

Break Outs (as needed) 

 

Announcements

 

***NOTE:  Information about events listed here can be found on SDCPJ's website www.sdcpj.org  or at www.prcsd.org/webcalendar or at www.ActivistSanDiego.org