Public Utilities Commission

Is PG&E Snooping On Consumer Watchdog?

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Tue, 10/25/2016 - 15:37

Throughout 2016, Consumer Watchdog has been breaking news stories about inappropriate relationships between PG&E, state regulators, and the Governor’s office. Now it seems as though PG&E may be conducting espionage on Consumer Watchdog.

Consumer Watchdog recently got a call that an employee of ‘crisis management’ firm G.F.Bunting+Co was contacting our associates and asking questions about us.

Research revealed that they may be acting on behalf of PG&E, or their allies in state politics.

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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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PG&E's Gift That Keeps On Giving

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Tue, 03/22/2016 - 15:33

A century ago, Governor Hiram Johnson declared that publicly-traded electric and gas utilities had taken over California state government.

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Judge Blows Open Doors of the PUC Corruption Ring

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 02/11/2016 - 11:22

Memo to the California PUC: You can’t run, and you can’t hide. If you are involved in a criminal conspiracy to defraud ratepayers, or other corruption, your emails are public records that should be out in the open.  

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Will Peevey go to prison?

Submitted by Jamie Court on Wed, 01/06/2016 - 09:04
When agents from the California Attorney General’s office raided Mike Peevey’s home, the question arose about whether the former Public Utilities Commission chief could land in jail for impropriety. His transgressions against ratepayers include seeking utility contributions to his political causes while bartering secretly with utilities over their desired rulings in pending cases. 
 

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How Deep Will CA Attorney General Dig Into PUC Scandal?

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 12/30/2015 - 11:02
Gov. Jerry Brown must release all his emails connected to the Public Utilities Commission's San Onofre Nuclear power plant scandal. Otherwise, Attorney General Kamala Harris needs to dig deeper to see if he was involved in negotiating a horrendous settlement to the detriment of ratepayers.
 

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