What a bunch of fluff and such a smokescreen! The fact remains that the application pending before the Coastal Commission is full of controversial Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). This stunt is nothing but that, a cheap trick to try to deceive the public with greenwashing by partnering with a CCA that is off to a rocky start and embroiled in controversy. In any event, a memorandum of understanding is not the same as a legally binding contract, and even if Brookfield-Poseidon join the OCPA voluntarily right now, there is nothing that stops them from opting out later and simply running their boondoggle off the dirty energy from the adjacent AES gas plant.
Thanks for posting. Worth a watch, looked like amateur hour, non-profits do better job, start on time, identify reporters and actually answer questions. One would wonder about the timing, with the Coastal Commission supposed to release their staff report on the same day and then this late announcement, not in the outdated 3,000 page Poseidon application.
But the primary question has not been answered: is this private water needed and that has not been proven and can’t be. Also tribal consultation has not been done and there was not translation of the huge application so this process is premature.
Is this how we want to use our renewables, for the most intensive water supply source? Many unanswered questions on rates and impacts for a basic greenwashing MOU.
Ratepayers are not part of a private entity but a public community choice aggregation power authority that with this MOU fulfills concerns of some OC cities that are signing up with San Diego County’s.
The world is getting much more expensive and if Poseidon moves forward add water to that list, like in what has happened San Diego. Affordability has to be 1st part of the equation and it is not the technology, stupid.
What a bunch of fluff and such a smokescreen! The fact remains that the application pending before the Coastal Commission is full of controversial Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). This stunt is nothing but that, a cheap trick to try to deceive the public with greenwashing by partnering with a CCA that is off to a rocky start and embroiled in controversy. In any event, a memorandum of understanding is not the same as a legally binding contract, and even if Brookfield-Poseidon join the OCPA voluntarily right now, there is nothing that stops them from opting out later and simply running their boondoggle off the dirty energy from the adjacent AES gas plant.
Thanks for posting. Worth a watch, looked like amateur hour, non-profits do better job, start on time, identify reporters and actually answer questions. One would wonder about the timing, with the Coastal Commission supposed to release their staff report on the same day and then this late announcement, not in the outdated 3,000 page Poseidon application.
But the primary question has not been answered: is this private water needed and that has not been proven and can’t be. Also tribal consultation has not been done and there was not translation of the huge application so this process is premature.
Is this how we want to use our renewables, for the most intensive water supply source? Many unanswered questions on rates and impacts for a basic greenwashing MOU.
Ratepayers are not part of a private entity but a public community choice aggregation power authority that with this MOU fulfills concerns of some OC cities that are signing up with San Diego County’s.
The world is getting much more expensive and if Poseidon moves forward add water to that list, like in what has happened San Diego. Affordability has to be 1st part of the equation and it is not the technology, stupid.