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Article: San Diego Gas & Electric Customers to Pay for Increased Security.
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- North County Times (Escondido, CA)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2002
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Byline: Dan McSwain
Jul. 2--Federal regulators have approved a tiny rate increase for customers of San Diego Gas & Electric Co. to offset the utility's cost of beefing up security after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The utility said Monday that it has added aerial patrols along transmission lines, placed electronic monitoring equipment at key installations and stocked up on spare parts in case an attack wipes out a critical substation.
"We have had similar kinds of security measures in place," said Stephanie Donovan, a utility spokeswoman. "We have added other things that we think would help us to restore service quickly if one of our key facilities ...