So Edison might be throwing in the towel over the San Onofre fight — that is if the NRC decides to delay or deny them the chance for a partial restart. So far Edison has lost over 700 million dollars and counting. Edison made the announcement last Tuesday during a conference call to analysts,
Edison has been asking the NRC for permission to do a partial restart to see “what would happen” for months. This spurred a growing number of cities in surrounding Orange County to send letters to the NRC asking for more public input before doing anything — Los Angeles joined the group last week.
The Unit 2 reactor has been closed for fifteen months and Edison has been absorbing the cost so far. It is estimated that the costs for repairs and inspections at San Onofre are now $109 million — with no end in sight, especially if they don’t get the restart.
I am thrilled that the reactors will remain closed — hopefully for good. The reactors are old and worn out and Edison did not come forward to warn the public when there was a leak at the plant. We had to rely on a concerned ‘whistle-blower’ to look out for us. We just can’t trust them to do the right thing.
To make sure those who make the final decision over San Onofre’s fate know we want the reactor to remain closed, I added a link to another petition. It was petitions, public input at meetings and letters that got us this far. I am happy to admit that at least this time, the will of the people was heard. I added my name to the petition and hope you do as well.
If you want to find out more about San Onofre http://sanonofresafety.org/ has up-to-date local information with carefully referenced data for all you skeptics out there.
San Onofre is just the tip of the iceberg of Edison Company inefficiency and bloat. How about a ful ldisclosure of all employees and what they earn, just like would occur were it a government operation (as maybe it should be)? A colorful history of management cooking the books to reach bonuses and other dishonest tactics coupled with pleas to the State PUC for rate increases to pay for it all warrants full transparency for this company given that most of us (Anaheim residents the exception) have to rely upon this organizatoin as our eletricity supplier, like it or not (and I don’t like it). Reform might start with a requiremnet that the company be banned from political activities, including underwriting so-called forums, chamber meetings, and supporting candidates, coupled with disclosure of employee names and compensation.
Over , you are right — San Onofre is the tip of the iceberg…hopefully there will be further investigation, but I won’t hold my breath.
“FIRE RINGS!”
Yah right! SAN O. is the real FIRE RING! Ask Chernobyl ! Now ask Japan and our PACIFIC OCEAN !
Hope to God it gets shut down!
Demolish the Reactor, Create jobs, test the soil/sand and water, replace the dirt and sand, build a park/ hiking trails, and a possible campground! = More money and jobs for our State and communities! It has great surf there. For surfing, sups, kayaking, and kite surfing. Great fishing and extra long walks along the water.
The FIRE RINGS do not kill babies!
WILMINGTON OIL REFINERIES ARE!!!
Look into it.
Was brought to all of our attention that was at the May 3, 2013 SCAQMD Meeting:
Agenda Item # 30. PETROLEUM REFINERY COKING OPERATIONS
The spokeswoman for the group of innocent Wilmington Women said, “There are more cancer victims in Wilmington than there are houses, caused by the oil refineries!
San O. and Wilmington are the REAL PROBLEMS!
Not the FIRE RINGS/PITS!
Concerned Southern California Resident
Can you correct the petition address http://ipt.io/gada via @ipetitions ?
I’d like to sign it.
“Hell no, we won’t glow.”
thanks Demagogue, I fixed it.
*Boy…this will really affect surfing there. No more warm water….no more radiated fish…no more sand loaded with high levels of radiation. Come on now…..isn’t saving
10 cents a month of everyone’s bill worth the risk? Probably not!
Great news — decommissioning SONGS should create plenty of good union jobs in the local Building Trades!
Yeah ….. Great news! We can look forward to rolling brown-outs come summer. whoopie ………
*Just your house……now that So.Cal Edison has those digital meters…..they can shut anyone down at any time.
Which by the way will never happen in Anaheim, whose crown jewel is a PUBLICLY OWNED-AND-RUN ELECTRICAL UTILITY!
*Chairman Vern, and they probably will never NOT ALLOW smoking on airplanes either…….. Get real……..those Reason Foundation Dipsy Doodles are everywhere and into every thing. Speed Bumps, Round-a-bouts, Red Light Cameras, Digital Meters on Gas and Electric……..yep..
will be hard to hold back PROGRESS…Reason style. So, are the Tourist Guide/Survey taker told us in Montenegro: “The road to Pec is very difficult….so good-by and good luck!”
*whu-whu-WHUT????
*Anaheim…oh….we thought you said…Fullerton!
A couple of questions, skally:
(1) Was San Onofre operating last year?
(2) Did we have rolling brown-outs last year?
But, I agree: great news!
aren’t the rolling brown outs opening for the stones on certain concert dates
Rolling brown outs were the symptoms that Keith was complaining about when he checked into a Swiss clinic back in the ’70s.
He had all his blood flushed and replaced, which was quite risky, but he had already voided the manufacturers warranty.
That hasn’t happened though since he snorted his Dad’s ashes. Let that be a lesson to all of us!
Now that’s a complicated father/son relationship.
*Correction: So, as the Tourist Guide/Survey taker told us in Montenegro: “The road to Pec is very difficult….so good-by and good luck!”
Is it only my computer screen or does everybody see 2 *boobs* on the main page story… before you click on to the actual post? When I click over to the post the *boobs* are gone…
that is san onofre, an artist’s rendering.
OK Inge, maybe my chemo brain is showing here, but I didn’t see that till you brought it up…
I see two boobs ( . )( . ) when I drive by it.
San Onofre was definitely designed by men. The flashing red lights on top are a dead give away. Those things need pasties.
I say once the thing’s decommissioned for good, we all chip in and get a gigantic brassiere made for it.
You guys crack me up. Men and their *artist’s rendering*…
*Right oh Inge,…..when we drive by we are more concerned about the electro magnetic energy over our car and the interruption of the radio service. We certainly we not let our dog or cat………have an out of town home near-by.
One reason the electric rates are so darned high in California is the Edison Co. negotiated to be paid back for their “stranded assets”, which were related to San Onofre.
If San Onofre is going to be closed I’d be for taking back that “stranded asset” increment and go back to the beginning on it.
This would all be great, we’d be back to paying 8 or 12 cents/Kwh instead of the nearly 30 cents we are paying now.
Take a look at your bill. Add up the Kwh usage (there will be several ranges) and divide the dollar total by that number of Kwh. You will find you are paying maybe 28 cents /Kwh.