The Sierra Club’s Smart Energy Solutions campaign could not have had better timing to promote its’ Sunrise PowerLink alternatives.
On Saturday I helped set up a table at the Patagonia store in Cardiff to take Polaroid pictures and collect comments from people. As opposed to SDG&E’s $45,000 glossy ad campaign that is rammed down our throats, these grassroot type events reach people on a more personal level, giving them the chance to ask questions.

The event was a bit on the small side but we did manage to collect a lot of postcards that will be presented to the California Public Utilities Commission on May 12 in Borrego Springs.

On a much grander scale, and I mean GRANDER, Earth Day in Balboa Park is like a huge rock concert with tens of thousands of people. By the time I arrived at the Smart Energy Solutions Booth for my shift  the Polaroid film was gone and according to Micah (the Smart Energy Solutions organizer) they had collected 300 comment cards. I also met Larry Hogue from the Desert Protective Council who was kind enough to give my website a mention in his great BLOG. I think the Sierra Club, various watchdog groups and community organizations are doing a great job on getting the word out to the public.
We don’t need the Sunrise PowerLink !!

Next stop Borrego Springs on May 12 for the CPUC hearing.

Bob