March 6th, 2008
Southern California Edison Asks FERC to Step into Arizona Transmission Siting Dispute
In the first test of the “backstop” transmission siting authority given to FERC in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), Southern California Edison (SCE) recently discussed with FERC staff the siting of a 230-mile, 500 kV transmission line from the Palo Verde nuclear plant near Phoenix, Arizona to Devers, California, near Palm Springs [...]
Access to Safe Water (Vanuatu, Gambia, Swaziland, Paraguay)
Each year Peace Corps Volunteers around the world participate in overseas phone calls with U.S. classrooms during Peace Corps Week. In many of the phone calls the Volunteers describe their daily routines and their work. For many of the Volunteers and the people they work with, water-how they get it and it’s quality-is a huge [...]