[Sustain] The Bay Guardian is in outer space on the peaker issue!

[Richard Knee]

Perhaps one of you should write a letter to the editor or an op-ed 
article. I'd offer to do it, except that I don't have the breadth or 
depth of knowledge on the issue that you folks do.

Best,
Rick


Eric Brooks wrote:
> It's pretty simple really. Bruce Brugmann has this totally absurd idea 
> that PG&E doesn't want the plant built because the City might use it 
> as an anchor for public power, (an assumption that is highly 
> questionable because of the expense of the peakers and the likelihood 
> that they will put the City into deep debt amidst rising natural gas 
> prices). But in Bruce's mind anything that PG&E doesn't like must be 
> good, and so he sees the peakers as a public power move to oust PG&E 
> (never mind that it is a totally ridiculous idea to get public power 
> by polluting the City and the atmosphere). The truth is that a small 
> 150 megawatt peaker plant wouldn't do a damned thing to anchor public 
> power in the City. He is unable to see the issue as the very complex 
> game that it actually is, and he is equally unable to get through his 
> head that no matter what PG&E wants, this planet cannot handle any 
> more fossil fuel plants.
> The real reason that PG&E is opposing the peaker plant is that this 
> gives them an excuse to propose their spending upwards of $500 million 
> on a transmission upgrade to prevent the peakers, and this will give 
> them still deeper control of our energy grid because it will make it 
> cost $500 million more to take over the PG&E lines.
>
> This is why we need to keep pushing for a renewable energy solution 
> which will make both Mirant and the peakers unnecessary, -and- will 
> obviate any excuse for PG&E to build new transmission lines.
>
> asumchai at sfbayview.com wrote:
>>> Eric...can you make sense of Bruce and the Bay Guardian editorial board?
>>>     
>> It's as if they are in a self serving "outer space" on the Peaker issue.
>>                                 Ahimsa
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>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>   
>>> See attached.
>>>
>>> This communication shows clearly that we were misled by SFPUC staff and
>>> that the new Peaker plant is not necessary.
>>>
>>> peace
>>>
>>> Eric Brooks
>>>
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