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Southern California Edison Company

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    AES Huntington Beach Plant Up to Fill the Void of a Summer Without SONGS

    Two retired natural gas-powered generators at the AES plant on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach were fired back up this weekend to help with summer demand as the region struggles with the sudden loss of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. With SONGS down, Orange, Los Angeles and San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    [UPDATED with VIDEO:] That 70s Show: San Onofre No Nukes Rally Sunday

    UPDATE, APRIL 30, 10:01 A.M.: About 100 people marched to the gate of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Sunday to demand the facility be shut down.They were led by Irvine Mayor Larry Agran, who said nuclear power is an unsafe option for communities surrounding such plants. Video from the ral ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    More Unusual Tube Wear Found at San Onofre Nuclear Plant

    Southern California Edison, operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), announced more unusual wear has been discovered on steam-generator tubes in the Unit 2 reactor and that it's consistent with the degradation that has left Unit 3 closed since January. While such wear is typica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Things are Tough All Over for San Onofre Nuclear Plant

    ​Perhaps you've heard the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ordered the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to remain shut down until plant operator Southern California Edison (SCE) can satisfy the feds that it knows why tubes wore out in two steam generators recently and that it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Huntington Beach Claims SoCal Edison Pockets Millions Set Aside for Street Light Repairs

    ​Huntington Beach is among eight Southern California cities that have formed the Coalition for Affordable Street Lights, which accuses Southern California Edison of pocketing millions in taxpayer money set aside for light pole maintenance and replacement.The coalition--which also includes Torrance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    San Onofre Nuclear Plant Targeted in Ballot Proposal That Can Start Collecting Signatures

    ​Signatures can be collected for a state voter initiative that would effectively shut down San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.California's only other operating nuclear power plant in Diablo Canyon would also be mothballed should such a measure pass.Ben Davis Jr., the Santa Cruz activist who fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Anti-Nuke Activists To Turn San Onofre Meltdown Scenario Into Street Art

    ​If you live anywhere near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, (SONGS) which straddles the border of Orange and San Diego counties near San Clemente and Camp Pendleton, then boy does the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility have a treat for you. All this week, according to a story in yesterd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    [UPDATED with No Action:] San Onofre Nuke Plant Shutdown Tempts San Clemente City Council

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 22, 4:36 P.M.: Travel back in time, kiddies, to one month and four days ago. The world was so much different then. Facing a full house of potential voters opposed to the continued operation of the nearby San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the San Clemente City Council g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Stakes Raised in Re-Licensing San Onofre Nuke Plant

    ​The folks who run the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)--and by "folks" I mean "Southern California Edison," or simply "SCE"--can't be happy with what's happening at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant up the coast near San Luis Obispo. Both plants were built in active earthquake zo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    [UPDATED: TCA's Thoughts] Time for a Rematch? TCA Rekindles 241 Toll Road Talks, Citing Japan Devastation; Surfrider Foundation Responds

    Surfrider FoundationThe swindle'n continues.​UPDATE, MAY 9, 4:20 P.M.: The basis for the most recent PR campaign--pushing the need for additional evacuation routes in the case of a emergency at SONGS or Camp Pendleton--was a concern expressed in a public poll from November 2010 (months before ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Entrepreneur Wants to Harness the Power of Waves Near San Onofre to Generate Electricity

    WikipediaSan Onofre Nuclear Generating Station​The waters off the coast of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are being considered for a massive renewable, green-energy science experiment. The group that was granted permission by the federal energy regulators hopes to one day build ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Oh Really? OC Nuke Plant Safe, Say Nuke Plant Officials

    ​Now this is a big relief: Southern California Edison, which operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, or SONGS, says that their nuke plant--you know, those two pendulous white domes on the beach between San Clemente and Camp Pendleton--is totally safe. And by "totally safe," they mean i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    SCE is in a Solar Power-Buying Mood

    House.govMoneymaker​When it comes to electricity made from solar panels, Southern California Edison is in a buying mood.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Anyone Missing a Red-Tailed Hawk?

    Red-tailed hawk ... but not THE red-tailed hawk.​With all the media tales chronicling the disconnect between the public sector, the private sector and regular old folks, it's refreshing to see the three came together beautifully when it came to rescuing a red-tailed hawk stuck atop a utility pole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Fire Up the Vanagon, They're Talking Nukes at San Onofre Again

    Pretty!​The serious reconsideration of expanded nuclear power amid our uncertain energy future can mean only one thing: the resumption of serious protests against expanded nuclear power. With the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS) so close, and a public workshop and hearing about the pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    It's a Quick Read 5

    Orange County Register: Four earthquakes have shook North Orange County in a week. Jeez, gay people, what have you done to piss off God now? . . . OC banruptcies jumped 57 percent in January. So you've got to love Southern California Edison's timing in these fucked-up financial times: included ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Who is Down on Measure R (and How Much Are They Down For)?

    Shea and Choi: big anti-R funders Measure R on the Irvine ballot asks residents to approve what a great job the Irvine City Council is doing on planning the Great Park on the old El Toro Marine Corps base (or if the measure loses, one supposes, what a piss-poor job they are doing). The conflict-of- ... More >>

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

    Seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    The Cuban Solution

    San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is running out of steam. But Edison has a crazy plan to save it.

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    Burning Bush

    The presidents conservative critics

  • Columns

    November 13, 2003

    The Blame Game

    The presidents conservative critics

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Somebody Call Roto-Rooter!

    San Onofre nuke plant ranks No. 3 for possibility of meltdown

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Queer Eye for the GOP Guy

    Gay activist sets the record straight about Log Cabin Republicans

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    A

    Gay activist sets the record straight about Log Cabin Republicans

  • Columns

    July 18, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Gay activist sets the record straight about Log Cabin Republicans

  • Columns

    April 11, 2002

    Diary of a mad county

    Gay activist sets the record straight about Log Cabin Republicans

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Slim Pickins

    Hold your nose and vote for these few good candidates

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Good Gaddi Almighty!

    Even as Edison was claiming it was nearly bankrupt, it paid the new Peace Corps chief more than $300,000 in bonuses

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Home Run

    Eddie and Jo Ellen Allen have their very own housing crisis

  • Columns

    November 29, 2001

    Green With Anger

    Eddie and Jo Ellen Allen have their very own housing crisis

  • Columns

    August 23, 2001

    Privilege Has its Membership

    Eddie and Jo Ellen Allen have their very own housing crisis

  • Columns

    July 26, 2001

    Cocaine Decision

    Eddie and Jo Ellen Allen have their very own housing crisis

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Edisons Con Game

    Ratepayers will pay for new anti-ratepayer advertising campaign

  • Columns

    May 17, 2001

    Monsters of Deregulation

    If were being plundered, where are the festive pirates?

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Fight the Power Plants

    Was electric deregulation cover for union-busting in power plants?

  • Columns

    March 15, 2001

    Death Trap

    Was electric deregulation cover for union-busting in power plants?

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Rate Rape

    Was electric deregulation cover for union-busting in power plants?

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Hot Rods!

    Nuclear power gets a second look

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Electric Light Orchestra

    The states biggest newspapers continue to defend the power companies

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    Electric Doomsday!

    How Edison convinced you that deregulation reform was a bad idea

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Somebodys Gonna Pay!

    In the battle over power deregulation, the Reg figures it ought to be you

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Blackout Mail

    Utilities generate more hysteria than power

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Black Out

    How the Reg helped screw up Californias power industry

  • Columns

    November 16, 2000

    The Prayer Witch Project

    How the Reg helped screw up Californias power industry

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Five Latinos We Really Like

    How the Reg helped screw up Californias power industry

  • Columns

    May 20, 1999

    Letters

    How the Reg helped screw up Californias power industry

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Power Play

    Bad news on the first anniversary of energy deregulation: you're still getting screwed

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Ode to Sneaky Pete

    Nuclear industry exposes ex-governor's Ward Valley lie

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Prescription for Disaster

    If San Onofre is so safe, why are federal officials pushing anti-radiation pills on its neighbors?

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    January-March

    If San Onofre is so safe, why are federal officials pushing anti-radiation pills on its neighbors?

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