Greetings,

Today marks an exciting day for the campaign to stop SDG&E's proposed Sunrise Powerlink transmission line from slicing through Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, other protected natural lands and local communities. Given the Governor's leadership on environmental issues from global warming to protecting open spaces, we are asking for his help. Please do your part by sending a message to urge the Governor to support smart energy alternatives to the Sunrise Powerlink! Simply click on one of the "Take Action" buttons below. After you take action, please visit our new campaign web site at www.sdsmartenergy.org.

Subject: Governor Schwarzenegger, Please Help Stop Sunrise Powerlink

Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],

I am asking your help in protecting the Cleveland National Forest and local communities from SDG&E's proposed Sunrise Powerlink, a 150-mile fossil-fueled transmission line.

This outdated project will not only unravel regional efforts to reduce global warming greenhouse gases, it will devastate protected open spaces like the Cleveland National Forest. In addition, it makes Southern Californian's more dependent on imported fossil fuels at a time when we are trying to become energy independent and use more renewable energy resources. Finally, this project would exacerbate air pollution, as it will support the development of more natural gas-fired power plants over the border.

SDG&E has admitted they do not neeed this line to meet their short or long-term renewable energy goals. And, independent experts have confirmed not only is it unnecessary for reliability, it will be an economic burden on ratepayers. In fact, there are better 21st Century energy infrastructure alternatives. We don't need this harmful, expensive project.

As Governor, you have recognized California's great open spaces make this a wonderful place to live. You have demonstrated environmental leadership, including being the first Governor in the nation to sign comprehensive global warming legislation. The Sunrise Powerlink would mean another "first" for you as Governor, however this one would undo many of the hard-earned environmental victories won by those before you.

Please keep California a great place to live and help us defeat the Sunrise Powerlink project. Because California deserves clean renewable energy solutions --not the outdated, greenhouse gas-causing emissions the Sunrise Powerlink would bring.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]