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Southern California Edison, which owns almost 80% of the now-closed San Onofre nuclear facility, is redacting names of its engineers so investigators can't depose them, says San Diego attorney Mike Aguirre. In a filing yesterday (July 8) with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Aguirre and partner Maria Severson asked the CPUC to force Edison to release the names of its engineers who worked on the faulty unit that developed a leak leading to the eventual closure. As part of the discovery process, Edison redacted the names of the engineers working on the project. But those engineers should be deposed, says Aguirre. His filing also alluded to the fact that Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E, which owns 20% of the nuclear facility) continue to charge ratepayers for "installation of the flawed steam generators and generation, distribution and transmission costs from San Onofre, despite its non-production of energy since January 2012. It is time that the California Public Utilities Commission stops the stonewalling."
Southern California Edison, which owns almost 80% of the now-closed San Onofre nuclear facility, is redacting names of its engineers so investigators can't depose them, says San Diego attorney Mike Aguirre. In a filing yesterday (July 8) with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Aguirre and partner Maria Severson asked the CPUC to force Edison to release the names of its engineers who worked on the faulty unit that developed a leak leading to the eventual closure. As part of the discovery process, Edison redacted the names of the engineers working on the project. But those engineers should be deposed, says Aguirre. His filing also alluded to the fact that Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E, which owns 20% of the nuclear facility) continue to charge ratepayers for "installation of the flawed steam generators and generation, distribution and transmission costs from San Onofre, despite its non-production of energy since January 2012. It is time that the California Public Utilities Commission stops the stonewalling."