David Corby
Borrego Badlands. We feel the locations selected in Borrego Springs are not suitable for an industrial scale energy project.
Where s the best place for renewable energy? Many backcountry locals think San Diego rooftops would be ideal. The county, however, is eyeing the wide open spaces of the desert.
Out where bighorn sheep roam, the Milky Way is always on at night, and the Anza Borrego Desert State park unfurls over 1,000 square miles. Officials say large scale wind and solar are needed to meet the county s goal to achieve 90 percent renewable electricity for the unincorporated area by 2030, a plan that will include community choice energy.