42:(SCE) that promises to bring up to 4,500 megawatts of renewable energy from windfarms in Kern County to substations in Los Angeles County and San Benadino County. On December 17, 2009, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) approved segment 8A through the city of Chino Hills, calling it the "Environmentally Superior Route.". The city of Chino Hills spent almost $ 2.4 million to fight the decision in the Superior Court and the State Court of Appeals. The court actions was unsuccessful. SCE erected the first tubular steel tower in Chino Hills in May 2011. In October 2011, the CPUC ordered SCE not to string the transmission lines until further notice. Construction on the Chino Hills segment stopped. In November 2011, CPUC ordered Southern California Edison to provide alternatives to TRTP. Private negotiations between the City of Chino Hills and SCE concluded that SCE should prepare further studies of the cost, timing, and environment impacts of undergrounding the line. SCE's formal testimony is due February 28, 2013.
92:(TRTP). On December 17, 2009, the CPUC, in a press release, announced that they had approved the construction of Segments 4–11 of TRTP in order to increase access to new renewable energy. Prior to this decision, in March 2007, the CPUC had already approved Segments 1–3 of TRTP, and at the time of this press release, those segments were nearly finished and they planned to be fully energized by the end of the year. Today, Segments 1, 2, 3a, and 3b are complete and energized. And with the approval of the CPUC, SCE began erecting towers for Segments 4–11.
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was an example of an event with sufficient intensity to cause significant damage. HFTH maintains that this line is detrimental to the safety, health, aesthetics, and property values of their community.
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Goodwin serves as the current President.
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Tehachapi Transmission Line to Support Renewable Energy." CPUC. December 17, 2009. Web. January 22, 2013. <www.cpuc.ca.gov>
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