DRECP is still an
issue, and will continue to be one of our concerns. The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation
Plan has produced six alternatives and a no-action alternative, and because of
potential encroachment of “development focus areas” and “variance lands” in the
Morongo Basin, the California Desert Coalition has launched a “1000 letters
campaign.” CDC Board members are
staffing tables and making presentations across the Basin and in the Lucerne
Valley area to explain problems with the alternatives and why Morongo Basin
residents MUST be heard. Please go
to www.cadesertco.org and read the latest update, then print
out, sign and send a letter, and be part of a strong voice for keeping
industrial wind and solar out of the Basin and urging appropriate placement in
already-disturbed areas and on rooftops.
We are uncertain when the DRECP will publish its preferred
alternative; rumors range from summer to the end of 2013.
