Energy

Make Utility, Insurance, Fossil Fuel Industries Pay Their Fair Share for Wildfire Recovery and Invest in Reducing Climate Risk

December 15, 2025  ·  Carmen Balber

Consumer Watchdog Submits Recommendations to CEA for Governor’s Resiliency Report Los Angeles, CA – California should hold the industries responsible for fueling climate change, causing wildfires...

Californians Overpaid $59 Billion At The Gas Pump For A Decade, Advocates Decry Industry Tactics At Energy Commission

December 8, 2025  ·  Liza Tucker

At a California Energy Commission meeting advocates expressed outrage at the oil industry’s stonewalling of reform

In Wake of Few 3rd Q Drilling Permits, New Data Confirm California’s Oil Production in Irreversible Decline

November 18, 2025  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA–Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance said today that the latest oil and gas data confirms a long-term, irreversible trend. California’s oil production is...

Trump May Do Us A Favor By Blocking One Of Newsom’s Worst “Low Carbon” Solutions

November 17, 2025  ·  Liza Tucker

Trump has called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.”  His Department of Energy is acting accordingly by canceling lots of awards...

Consumer Alert: Edison’s Fast Pay for Eaton Wildfire Survivors isn’t Fair Pay

October 30, 2025  ·  Consumer Watchdog

CA Oversight Report Shows Decade of Gasoline Price Gouging

October 24, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA – The state’s petroleum watchdog has issued its annual report validating claims that Californians have overpaid tens of billions of dollars at the pump over the...

Fact Check: Newsom’s $60 Billion Savings From Cap-and-Trade Is A Sham

October 22, 2025  ·  Liza Tucker

During the signing of the reauthorization bill for cap-and-trade this year, AB 1207 (Irwin), Governor Newsom claimed the bill would result in $60 billion saved...

Consumer Watchdog Tells CA Energy Commission It’s Got What It Needs to Set Refinery Minimum Inventory and Resupply Rules ASAP

October 9, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — The Chevron El Segundo refinery explosion and fire last week was a wakeup call that the California Energy Commission (CEC) needs...

Chevron Fire’s Gasoline Price Spike Could Be Exacerbated By Newsom Administration’s Foot-dragging On Re-Supply And Minimum Inventory Regulations 

October 3, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA – The gasoline price spike likely to be sparked by last night’s fire at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo will be exacerbated...

Bipartisan Governors Shapiro and Youngkin Threaten To Leave East Coast Grid Unless They Get Governance Rights That AB 825’s Western Grid Law Denies To California

September 25, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA – A bipartisan group of governors are threatening to leave the East Coast grid operator PJM unless they get the right to appoint board...

Consumer Watchdog Urges Governor, Now in NYC for Climate Week, To Be A Climate Leader By Vetoing Dangerous Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Legislation

September 23, 2025  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA—Consumer Watchdog is urging Governor Newsom to veto SB 614 (Stern), a bill that lifts a moratorium on the construction of pipelines to...

Consumer Alert Video Challenges Newsom’s “Big Beautiful Climate And Energy Affordability” Bill Signing As Sham: Like “Calling A Smog Alert A Breath of Fresh Air”

September 19, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

The bills Newsom is signing that his office called “big beautiful legislation that promises to lower electricity costs, stabilize the petroleum market and slash pollution”... is a sham.