Michael Picker

PUC Prez Picker Should Explain Under Oath Phony State Blackout Reports About Aliso's Closure

Submitted by Jamie Court on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 07:32

Misrepresentations and omissions in a state report that falsely threatens blackouts if Aliso Canyon's gas reserve stays closed need to be addressed. CPUC President Michael Picker has some explaining to do.

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PG&E's Cherry On Top As Gov't Witness, Dominos to Fall On Brown?

Submitted by Jamie Court on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 14:43

Here’s a news flash that’s probably causing a lot of sleepless nights among Governor Brown’s inner circle: The central figure in the PUC corruption scandal, PG&E lobbyist Brian Cherry, is now a witness for the US government, in the case against PG&E over the San Bruno explosion.
 
Before the federal case against PG&E over San Bruno was delayed, the witness list turned over by the Justice Department included Cherry as one of its own witnesses. 
 

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PUC Head Confirmed, Not Confronted

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 11:22

Examples mentioned, never followed up. Questions dangled, but never asked. And no one knows, still, where the money went. That's a short summary of Wednesay's relatively easy confirmation of Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission.

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As Investigations Grow, California Senate Considers Top Utilities Regulator Confirmation

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:22

Stonewalling legislators when you have to be confirmed by their colleagues is usually not a good idea but that is the approach Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, appears to be taking. 

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