News Scrapbook 1989

Los Angeles.CA (Los Angeles Co.) Times

Sm, Diego, CA. (Sim Diego Co .) San Dlflgo Union (Cir. D. 2 17,089) (Cir . S. 34 1,840) OCT 2 2 1989

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the Arizona powe'r company make it, not Edison, a good match for SDG&E. By PETER NAVARRO T he most glaring omission In the regulatory review of the proposed merger between San rne111;1 Gae & Elec.tri~ aRd Se11U,ern Callfor nla Edison is the failure to compare the Edison merger with the now-abandoned merger between SDG&E and Tucson Electric Power. · Shortly after the ink was dry on the cooperative Tucson merger, the plan was scuttled by Edison's hostile takeover tactics. Today, under the gun of Edison lobbyist.s, both thf California Public Utility Commission and the F~aetai E11e1gy Regulalory Commission have rejccCe

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fortunate because bwlding collaps . "The concept on paper worked.'' Schultheis said ' Our plan is not much dtffercnt from those of other c mp and watchlng how their pl came into play increased my ccnf1dence." At SDSU, admmistrators have par- ticipated In 'tabletop exerc1 es" in which they bram torm and then r act to h po helical disa ter, Schulth 1d Although no drills have be n h Id, the umver 1ty' hope 1 to hav a campuswtde exerci e n t y ar, h said UC San Diego i In the midst of upd ting Its disaster preparedness pl n and mak annual lnspecttons to momtor rlassrooms and other work paces to ensure that safety precau- tion hav been taken, said Martha Malter, d1r tor of environmental h Ith nd fcty ''We off r uggestions about secur- mg boo Iv and in the laborator- ies we put up earthquake strips that k p chemicals from falling off the h lv , ' Malter id "We also ent out a purchas order a couple of months ago for medical supplies and oth r m r n y needs including wr nch lid hammers and flash- lights" In dd1t1on to preparing tudents n D1 go State this year complet- ed a rchab1ht t10n program 1t start- ed in 1972 to bn ng all old r buildin up to current cod requirements, aid Tony Fulton, director of fac1h- ll planning and management. The old r portion of the campus, built m th arly 1930s. wa d 1gncd prior to th Field ct, which beefed up lsm1c reqmr men for build ings after the pencnce of the Long Beach earthqua e ID 1933. Th university later bu1ldmgs, wtuch were constructed in the 1950s and 19 are regarded as more tructur Uy sound, though they do not meet current code requirements. They are ent1ally low-rise rec- tangular box that are con 1dered i m1cally efficient.' Fulton said. bmldmgs, they're ugly bot th r m cally fe ' he said. A th \ tty contmues to re- b 1ld campus, it will h t the structur rent earthquake tan ard ddcd. Over the n xt five years, san Diego State has budg led 44 million worth of n:no- val!on projects, he said Recau e UCSD is of more recent co truct1on, there is less concern about how 1t would hold up. In the early 1980s the UC system conducted a eisrruc evaluation of all struc ures and fo und only one facility on the San Diego campus in need of strengthen- ing. id Boone Hellman, assJStant vice chancellor for facilities design and construction. That structure - the undergradu- there were no faculty and n arthquak , the colleges have tak n teps to bore up that do not meet c • ent Id r build- In i m1c tandard

ate science building, constructed in the 1960s - is scheduled for rehabili- tation in July of next year, Hellman said. He noted that universities must abide by the state code of building regulations, which he said is more stringent than the city building code. ''Given the recent events that have happened in Northern California, UC San Diego can rest comfortably that the buildings here have been bwlt to more stringent seismic requirements by virtue of their more recent con- struction," Hellman said, At the private Umversity of San Diego, officials say~i- dellt that their IHiildings are earth- quake-safe, even though the original campus was built between 1949 and 1956. The university, however, has un• dertaken a program to replace para- pets and other exterior ornamenta- tion on the older buildings or to bet- ter anchor ornaments to the tructur , aid Roger Manion, direc- tor of the physical plant. The college ts m the second year of a five-year program to complete the work. Beginning in 1978, the 175-acre campu underwent an ambitious con- struction program, adding nearly a dozen new buildmgs, all built to cur- rent earthquake standards, Manion points out

"The tallest of our (older) buildings is five stories and we feel they're fairly substantial," Manion said. "We haven't felt the need to upgrade them because of the way they're built." While the universities say they must answer to a tougher set of re- quirements than those in a typical municipal code, the community col- leges are subject to even stricter standards, said Damon Schamu, di- rector of facilities for the San Diego Community College District. Because the community colleges were once part of the elementary and secondary school system, they work under the tougher earthquake standards that would apply to a grade school, Schamu explained. Buildings at the district's three colleges - Mesa, City and Miramar - were built at varying times, begin- ning in the 1950s, and many at City College were constructed in the mid 1970s. Schamu said. •'one have un- dergone restoration specifically to strengthen them for seismic safety, he said. "They met the code when they were built, and the standards were quite rigorous at the time," Schamu said. "We don't have a concern that they wouldn't behave well (in an earthquake)."

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They include the loss of jobs and local control, as well as reduced charitable contributions from the resulting utility. Last, but not least, the Edison merger would prove an unwelcome stimulant to the ongoing "Los Angelization" of San Diego by provoking arl equally · ' ·' , ' unwelcome "political merger." This merger between an Edison seeking new customers and an already-too-powerful development industry would have as Its aim corttinued rapid growth. Since the Tucson merger was abandoned, Tucson Electric Power has und~rgone considerable internal 1 ' ·· ' controversy. Its chief,executiveo,fticer- ·\ resigned under fire, tli.e company has ' 1 experienced large losses in ~oth it.ii l '. 1 ,, unregulated holding& and power, '· 1 • operations, and it.s stock price has talleh. , All of these even ts suggest that there is .' now an even better economic ' '' OPP.Ortunlty for SDG&E to pursue a · ' '· cooperative merger with Tucson. Toward that end, the San Diego City Council or Board of Supervisors should send an emissary to Tucson to explore • the reopening of merger talks. The , council should also pas~ a nonbinding ·,, resolution recommending thal SDG&E , reopen discussions and reaffirm to both the PUC and the Federal Energy ., ( • . · Regulatory Commission lhe des.ire to see the Tucson merger included :1EI part ,o~ , A the regulatory review. , . ,., In March, 1990, Chairman. Tom Page . , and the SDG&E board of directors will •w be free to terminate the Edison mergelj Jt ., agreement without penalty, b{leause 01 a ii "drop dead" clause in the contract.If M:r. · Page and the board would simply discard; their "golden parachutes" and put the , · interests or San Diego above their own,· r there would be no obstacle to r~ney.,~ 1 discusslon between Tucson an_d snq~E 1,~ about a merger that is found~ln ,. "!i 11 A common sense and mutual benefit rat.ner than In Edison's exploitative power play. , ; Peter Navarro is an assistant profeS$Or of economics at the University of San ;1 .. •. D!PQO an4_the Universit11 of Californla1, Irvine, and i.t theauthor of abook on,9,·1 11 electric uti!it11 regu1':ition, " The Dimrntng ," of Amerlfa." He was recently horiored for; , hi.! work on the s!Jbject bf/ the , ·1J ,, · International Assn. of Energy Econ,omics. Navarro i.t also chairman of the group,o i, Prevent Los AngeliZllltlon Now.

mid- 1990s, Tucson seriously overbuilt during the '70s and '80s and has substantial power reserves that could be used by SDG&E through the end of the cenlury. . Moreover, Tucson possesses an excellent, under-utilitized transmission network that would give SDG&E access lo 37 additional utilities throughout the Southwest, Midwest and Northwest. In contrast, the only excess power that Edison has to offer SDG&E Is very high -cost generation from one of it.s unregulated subsidiaries, Mission Energy. Mission Energy Is a "money pump" formed to exploit a loophole in a federal law designed to stimulate small pq·wer production through ln£lated prices. Edison buys Mission Energy U-the_Tucson merger, rather than the Edison merger, were , consummated, San Diego electricity consumers , would pay lower rates for more reliable service, and the San Diego air basin would probably suffer far less pollution. I -~wer, passes the high prices on to its • ra.tepayers and passes the profit.s from it.s unre~lated subsidiary on to it.s · sl:iareholders. , , . The Edisc,n mergi:r might also significantly Increase air pollution in San Diego, while, under the Tucson merger, · pollutloh'WoulcLbe reduced. As the San Qlego County Air Pollution Control · District has documented, the Edison meiger could raise pollution levels significantly, ranging from 119% for carbon monoxide lo an astounding 6,947% for sulfur oxides. Edison would do this by cutting down generation at some of its polluting plant.s In the Los • Angeles air basin and replacing it with generation from San Diego plants. The Edison merger would also have several additional unwanted side errects.

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· observers believe that the primary • ••· , motive behind Edison's hostile takeover was foreclosing competition in this market and preserving Its hegemony. Beyond the rate Issue, the Tucson merger provides San Diego electricity customers with much more reliable service. Whereas SDG&E has warned that it may run short on power by the

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West ~ast Conference loss to St. Mary s m Moraga, the Toreros have dropped four of their last five games. Leo Rances and Sean Pinnell scored f~r USO (11- 6-1, 0-3) , St. Marys improved to 8-5-3, 3-1.