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Southern California Edison and WBC Enterprises to Join in Community Outreach Effort at Local Church

Christopher — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:00:59 +0000

RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 10, 2010 — Southern California Edison (SCE) and Whitlock Ballton Chaplan (WBC) Enterprises, a faith-based organization, will host an outreach effort on Saturday at a local church to help SCE customers learn about ways to lower their electric bills and improve their chances of getting a job.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., information on discounts for qualifying customers and energy-efficiency programs will be provided at Life Church of God in Christ, 3349 Rubidoux Blvd. There also will be workshops on supplier-diversity opportunities, résumé writing and job interviewing skills.

“We’re committed to helping our customers save energy and money, especially with so many families facing financial challenges,” said John R. Fielder, president of SCE. “Plans are under way to hold quarterly outreach events like this throughout the remainder of the year in other communities we serve.”

WBC, which is led by Mark Whitlock, pastor of Christ Our Redeemer AME Church in Irvine, comprises church and community leaders whose mission is to economically empower impoverished communities by partnering with the public and private sectors.

“We encourage everyone to get information on lowering their electric bill through available opportunities,” said Whitlock. “In these tough economic times, it’s a shame to miss any chance to save some money or get a tip on something that could lead to getting a job.

Ron Gibson, pastor of the Life Church of God in Christ, said, “It’s important to hold events like this that bring resources and information to the community.”

About Southern California Edison

An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a population of more than 14 million via 4.9 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern California.

PurePowerD in new green YouTube Video

Christopher — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:36:12 +0000

A few months back we blogged about how we provided power for a super green production of a video series for the National Wildlife Federation.

The production, made in conjunction with a nationwide campus competition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions called Chillout, had a wide variety of stars, producers, musicians, directors and producers involved.

Check the video on YouTube

The Second Bottom Line: Community Service

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:04:09 +0000

Much is made in the sustainability press and blogosphere about the environmental bottom line. In the Elkington taxonomy of financial, social and environmental benefits, the second bottom line often takes a back seat to the environmental. At minimum, second bottom line benefits are challenging to accurately quantify, and often point to issues that are not easily solved by a project, a product, or even a company.

At Pure Power, we strive to produce environmental results with our corporate work, but almost every member of the team contributes to the community in a meaningful way through non-profit work. Below is a short list of the non-profit organizations that PPD staff support, work with, and in some cases, lead:

Young Presidents Organization
Camp Max Strauss
World Affairs Council
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors
Forest Stewardship Council
Doctor’s Global
Hayward Corporation
New Zealand Alpine Club
American Alpine Club
Digital Academy
California Waterfowl Association
Wings Medical Transportation Services
Rotary International
Danville, CA Concours d’Elegance
Environmental Media Association
Monte Vista Housing Association
ecoAmerica

PurePowerD on Cox Cable

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Cox Cable in Santa Barbara is running a :30 commercial about the Mobile Solar Power SystemTM , as well as a 5-minute video-on-demand piece showing how the construction industry is embracing solar, and the great new means of delivery of dependable, silent, emission-free solar power.

If you’re a Cox customer in the Santa Barbara area, you can see the commercial on A&E, National Geographic, History Channel, Fox News, HGTV, TLC, Travel Channel, CNN, CNBC, and Fine Living.

If you’re not a Cox customer, you can see them here.

FSC gets PurePowerD

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Last week the executive directors of the Forest Stewardship Council-US met in Los Angeles for their quarterly board meeting. Power for the meeting, including all the computers and communications devices, was produced by a Mobile Solar Power SystemTM.

As we have seen at many such events, the power supply available through our solar systems far exceeded the demand. However, the FSC, whose standards represent the world’s strongest system for guiding forest management toward sustainable outcomes, values a thoughtful approach to every decision that impacts the environment. Utilizing renewable power from the sun rather than electricity produced by damming rivers or burning fossil fuels embodies such environmental vision.

Raleigh Studios Gets PurePowerD

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:58:00 +0000

On March 7th, Pure Power was very fortunate to participate as sponsors of an event called “Faces of Our American Heroes” at the renowned Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. The event was created to provide special wheelchairs for troops who were disabled in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our Chair Scott Chaplan and CEO Norris Lozano attended the event on behalf of the company and were in amazed by the production, and the emotional response to the wheelchairs by the soldiers.

The impact of the event was captured nicely on the local news.

A pair of new PurePowerDTM Mobile Solar Power SystemsTM were on hand to provide pure sine-wave solar-generated power for a variety of electrical needs. We had a single-phase 10 kW unit running all the lights and audio/visual components at the cocktail event, and a new 3-phase “Super 10″ kW unit running the main kitchen refrigerators and ovens.

This was the first time our new Super 10 was demonstrated, and it “barely broke a sweat” in providing an average of 30 amps of power to the kitchen. The Super 10, specially configured for the entertainment industry, is 3-phase and provides 26,000 watts of power at surge, and 13,500 watts continuous (72 amps per leg surge, and 37.5 amps per leg continuous), and 1,020 amp-hours of power. Cam locks, a spider box and other industry specific features are also included.

The Wind and the Sun

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:39:00 +0000

A huge California wind farm got an assist from the sun today – Pure Power Distribution was on hand to provide mobile solar power for the dedication ceremony of the Shiloh II Wind Project in Rio Vista, (Solano County) California. It was a glorious renewable energy photo opp, so we’ll post pictures here tomorrow.

Shiloh II operates with 75 turbines, each of which generates up to 2 megawatts of power, so the project will provide up to 150 megawatts, or enough electricity to power 74,000 homes. Some of the windmills are over 80 meters tall with a rotor diameter of 92 meters and to be among them is simply amazing.

Should his schedule allow, this will be the third time that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be appearing with our “Solar Genny” – the mobile solar power system. The Governor spoke with us at the Women’s Conference in August of 2008; again at the Governor’s Global Climate Summit in October, and now here in Rio Vista. We believe that, with a product that’s completely designed, built and distributed in California, providing green jobs in California, and a jump start into the use of solar tax credits, that the Governor and Pure Power are aligned on the issue of renewable energy.

Pure Power mobile solar power systems are a completely natural fit for this event, as with virtually any off-grid situation such as construction sites, movie sets, mines, disaster sites, farms, vineyards and ranches. All of these share: a remote (off-grid) location, the need for reliable source of power (the sun) delivered reliably (our system) that leaves no carbon footprint (no fumes or emissions here) and can be taken away without worry about environmental remediation from diesel spills or leaks.

- Norris Lozano