Rainbow MWD challenges CEC findings for Orange Grove power plant

Rainbow Municipal Water District board member Rua Petty took advantage of a California Energy Commission (CEC) evidentiary hearing on the proposed Orange Grove Energy power plant to correct information in a CEC document which indicated that the Rainbow district would connect the site to its existing system.

“There’s a lot of misinformation out there,” Petty said. “We gave them a water reliability letter, which isn’t a commitment.”

The evidentiary hearing December 19 at the Pala Mesa Resort did not include a decision on licensing, which will be made by the full panel at a later date following a...