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Will The Legislature Rise to the Ratepayer Challenge Of Reversing Era of Billions In Ripoffs?

Submitted by Jamie Court on Mon, 06/06/2016 - 08:19

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Times laid a challenge right at the door step of the California Legislature.  Ivan Penn's article about the billions ratepayers have overpaid for their electricity due to construction that has not proven useful to ratepayers cries out for a legislative fix to restore the doctrine of "used" and "usefulness" for new projects.
 

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How Long Can California Go Without An Unplanned Refinery Outage? Enter the Contest

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 10:37

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When refineries go down, gasoline prices go up.  That's why we started the clock on the next "unplanned" refinery outage: the Golden State Gouge-ometer.  You can enter a contest to guess how long refiners can make it between outages this year.

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Jerry Brown's DOGGR Goes From Lapdog to Attack Dog

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Tue, 05/31/2016 - 12:12
Southern California Gas has a secret weapon. His name is Alan Walker. He works at the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), and he anticipates and satisfies every SoCalGas need before the company even asks.
 

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Drug Companies Fight Cost Controls, But CEOs Top Pay List

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Tue, 05/31/2016 - 11:19

The battle for California drug prices is in full swing. An initiative on the November ballot, the California Drug Price Relief Act, would require state agencies to pay the same price as the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) for prescription drugs. The initiative would be a blessing to Californians struggling with out of control drug prices.

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PUC Papers Reveal 100,000+ Internal Emails, Docs From PUC Corruption Ring

Submitted by Jamie Court on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 12:13

Consumer Watchdog, the publisher of Capitol Watchdog, has launched the first searchable website with hundreds of thousands of emails and other files uncovered from corruption scandals at the California Public Utilities Commission.
 
www.PUCpapers.org allows the public, journalists, advocates, litigators, students and policymakers to search and uncover evidence about inappropriate relationships between regulated utilities,  their regulators, their investors, and public officials. 
 

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