Utilities

Special Report: Will The Leak At Porter Ranch & PUC-Gate Ruin Brown’s Legacy?

Submitted by Jamie Court on Thu, 01/21/2016 - 19:06

Does Jerry Brown see that the stink from the growing natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon and other utility scandals could also be the cloud that tarnishes his legacy after four terms of having voters’ favor?

Taking the Public Out of the Public Utilities Commission

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 08:44
We know about Governor Jerry Brown's utility friends and the top staffers he handpicked from their ranks. We know about his protection of the secretive Public Utilities Commission (PUC) by vetoing reform bills. We know about the PUC’s protection of Brown himself in refusing to release more than 60 emails that might link him to the commission’s utility-brokered deal to put billions  on the backs of ratepayers to shut down a defective nuclear power plant.  
 

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