Why this route is the wrong one
Five fact-based concerns with routing a 500 kV line through Temecula Creek. Each is sourced — follow the links to the primary records.
- Water resources
Temecula Creek & the Santa Margarita River
The line would cross Temecula Creek — which feeds one of the last free-flowing rivers in Southern California.
Read more - Wildfire & safety
Wildfire Risk & SDG&E's Own Record
SDG&E's equipment caused the catastrophic 2007 wildfires. A new 500 kV line through the same wind-driven corridor adds a new ignition source.
Read more - Habitat & species
Protected Habitat & Endangered Wildlife
The route runs through land specifically set aside for conservation — and through endangered-species habitat.
Read more - Local economy
Wine Country & Tourism
Temecula Valley Wine Country is a near-billion-dollar economic engine that sells one thing above all — its scenery.
Read more - Need & alternatives
Is It Even Needed? Better Alternatives Exist
Before carving a new 500 kV corridor through Temecula, the law requires studying alternatives — and California's own grid operator shows cheaper, lower-impact options exist.
Read more - Property rights
Eminent Domain: They Can Take Your Land
To build the line, SDG&E would gain the power of eminent domain — to force a right-of-way across private property, and to condemn land, and homes, in its path.
Read more - Health & safety
EMF, Schools & Your Family
California's own rules call for buffers between high-voltage lines and schools — and this route doesn't respect them. Here's what the science does, and doesn't, say.
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