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A group of nine environmental and political nonprofits wants the San Diego City Council to hold a proceeding to potentially disqualify San Diego Gas & Electric from bidding on the city’s electric and gas franchise agreements because of a legal dispute between the city and the utility over a water recycling project.
“Our request is for a full-fledged discussion as an informational item so the facts are heard,” said Sonja Robinson, program manager for the Protect Our Communities Foundation, one of the organizations that sent a letter to all nine members of the city council. “And if it is determined that SDG&E is in breach over the material terms of the franchise agreement, then it is within the city of San Diego’s municipal code to debar them.”
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SDG&E: Cable connector likely culprit in outage that affected 2,400
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Bruce Bennett
and last updated 2021-04-30 13:27:26-04
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An equipment issue caused a power outage Friday that left 2,400 customers in three communities, including Ocean Beach, without service, a San Diego Gas & Electric spokeswoman said.
A preliminary investigation showed that a cable connector located underground in the 3600 block of Rosecrans Street caused the outage, which was first reported at 2:22 a.m., SDG&E spokeswoman Helen Gao said.
The outage affected customers in Ocean Beach, Lindbergh Field, and Midway, according to SDGE.
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Mayor Todd Gloria said Thursday he will start negotiating with San Diego Gas & Electric officials “within days” to try to hammer out a new electric and gas franchise agreement with the city of San Diego.
“This is a rare opportunity to work on this and I feel fortunate to do this,” Gloria said. “It’s not going to be easy, I acknowledge that. This is a big transaction and the (San Diego City Council) is rightly going to establish a high bar for these negotiations but I intend to meet it.”
In a local government franchise agreement, a municipality grants a utility the exclusive use of public rights of way for transmission and distribution, as well as the right to install and maintain wires, poles, power lines and underground gas and electric lines.
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