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Borrego Water District - Watering Limitation Lifted
At its regular meeting on May 25, the Borrego Water District (BWD) Board of Directors voted to rescind Ordinance 16-01, which required that landscape irrigation be limited to two days a week. Recent changes in State law grant local water districts more control over their... — Updated 6/4/2020
Developer Walks From Medical Building
Sponsor Group questioned about disappearance of project. The Borrego Springs Community Sponsor Group held their regular monthly meeting on Nov. 5. After an approval of the agenda, Public Comments took the stage for the rest of the meeting when the Publisher of the Borrego Sun, Pat... — Updated 12/29/2016
SDG&E - Solar Targets, PUC Battle
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has proposed that San Diego Gas & Electric increase its renewable energy procurements to make up for a 102 MW generation shortfall. This would mean that SDG&E may be ordered to buy solar at a higher price than it wants to pay and... — Updated 7/12/2016
Salton Sea - Ecologists back Geothermal
Audubon California, states that their mission is to 'conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity', which you would... — Updated 7/7/2016
SDG&E Exceed Net Metering
SDG&E sounded the alarm a year ago that net metering applications were piling up fast and it has now become the first California utility to breach its cap. Under CPUC's January decision, new net metering customers will be able to keep retail rate remuneration for energy exported... — Updated 7/1/2016
Imagine Borrego Springs with an Awesome Ocean...
Borrego Springs is an isolated little desert community, connected to the outside world by a few winding two-lane mountain and desert roads; with random huge metal sculptures. It has a round-about circle that connects to the main... — Updated 5/23/2016
The Rams Hill Golf Club
An environmentally conscious golf course and a good neighbor. In reference to Donald Shelley’s recent letter to the editor, I would like to add some specifics on what Rams Hill has done and will do to save water and increase the aquifer recharge. Rams Hill would not be p... — Updated 5/20/2016
SDG&E, Planned Outage - Update
UPDATE: SDG&E will be performing maintenance and improvements to power lines on Tuesday, May 17, between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Residents were warned that there may be a chance of interruptions to power. The current interruption... — Updated 5/19/2016
IID - End to Net Metering
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has ended their net metering program after receiving thousands of customer requests. Solar customers will no longer be able to keep any excess energy produced by their solar panels. Although t... — Updated 5/17/2016
Transit of Mercury - Tonight
Mercury will cross in front of the sun this evening, an event that only happens around 13 times a century. The last time the earth witnessed this rare astrological event was in 2006 and the next time will be in 2019. The transit... — Updated 5/13/2016
Salton Seawater - Funding Awarded
Sephton Water Technology Inc., of Kensington, California has been awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation for the implementation of Salton Seawater Vertical Tube Evaporation and Brine Management Project. The proposed... — Updated 4/29/2016
SDG&E Invent Savings for Solar
Homeowners have a new reason to consider going solar. August 2015 was when SDG&E first announced its Renewable Meter Adapter invention, a technology that was developed as an alternative for expensive and time consuming electric... — Updated 4/16/2016
Solar Users Facing Costs
Despite the counties move towards eradicating the use of fossil fuels, solar energy customers could see additional costs worth hundreds of dollars each year on top of the initial $25,000 instillation. It is estimated that solar will make up around five percent of the county's... — Updated 4/14/2016
Troubles with Effective Solar Energy. cont.
Natural gas and nuclear power plants produce consistent streams of energy, the sun and wind are much less predictable. If a major cloud system travels over a solar field, that causes the solar power to drop off. However, grid operators have to keep the natural gas plants running... — Updated 4/13/2016
Troubles with Effective Solar Energy
San Diego’s ‘Climate Action Plan’ is to be released this month with the aim of becoming a national leader and the most aggressive in the nation, by switching to entirely clean energy by 2035. With the removal of fossil fuels, energy companies will be looking at the most abundant n... — Updated 4/12/2016
SDG&E - Plea on Net Metering
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has issued a statement in regards to its plea for a rehearing on the state’s net metering extension. Following the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) passing an extension on net metering in January, SDG&E and two other utilities (PG&E a... — Updated 3/18/2016
Ocotillo Wells - Hot Stars & Heavenly Bodies
An Astronomy weekend at Ocotillo Wells offers a mix of activities to entertain every member of the family. Saturday, March. 12 Schedule of events:- Discovery Center Extended Hours Explore our Discovery Center during extended hours! 6pm-10pm Mini Ranger Program - Discovery Center... — Updated 3/11/2016
Borrego Springs - Student Awards
Alarming Student Performance and Progress Data Presented at BSUSD Board Meeting The Open Session of the Borrego Springs Unified School Board came to order at 5:00 pm on February 10, 2016. There were no comments by the public. The Student of the Month Awards and the American... — Updated 2/24/2016
Victory for Clean Energy
Utility companies across Southern California will continue to pay solar-powered homes and businesses full retail rates for the electricity they generate thanks to a last minute victory for clean energy. The California Public Utilities Commission voted 3 – 2, Thursday, Jan. 28 i... — Updated 2/1/2016
Salton Sea - New Report, New Future
“The Potential for Renewable Energy Development to Benefit Restoration of the Salton Sea: Analysis of Technical and Market Potential”, the new report published by The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), estimates the geothermal potential of the Salton Sea to be up to 1,8... — Updated 12/18/2015
Stewardship Council Meeting
The Stewardship Council will meet at the Steele/Burnand Desert Research Center on Friday, Nov. 20. "An Introduction to Earth Systems Governance”, is aimed at discussing the utility-scale solar farms currently being proposed for Borrego Springs. Speakers at the event will be T... — Updated 11/18/2015
Inventory Down; Average Sales Around $180,000
Summer is officially over and school is in session. Inventory dropped from 69 single family homes for sale on Sept. 1 to 60 homes on Oct. 1. In the case of single family homes, the average listed price is $220,707 down from last... — Updated 10/22/2015
'Breaking Point' Documentary Wins Best of Festival Award
Spaceship Earth is a closed environmental system of naturally interacting processes, so if that system goes south on us while we're hurtling through space, there is no emergency exit to safety. That was pretty much the... — Updated 10/22/2015
Desert Species vs Solar Farms
A study published on Monday claims that massive solar farms harm California desert ecosystems and at-risk species that require undeveloped land for survival. The new study found the majority of large-scale solar farms in California have been built in areas that are incompatible... — Updated 10/22/2015
Rally Against SDG&E
Advocates of solar energy rallied against SDG&E on Wednesday, Oct. 7 outside Sempra Energy’s high-rise headquarters in downtown San Diego. More than 200 solar workers and clean-energy supporters gathered to protest the utility company’s attempts to increase electric bills for roo... — Updated 10/8/2015
