Energy

Consumer Watchdog: Victims, Taxpayers and Ratepayers Shouldn’t Be Forced To Pay For Felon’s Negligence Under PG&E Bailout Plan

April 12, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog said today that a California wildfire victims’ relief fund could be important, but that the proposal put forth today...

Californians Lose Big As Grocers Renege On Bottle Deposits

April 10, 2019  ·  Liza Tucker

  Op-Ed Commentary by Liza Tucker of Consumer Watchdog, THE MERCURY NEWS April 10, 2019 Opinion: Californians lose big as grocers renege on bottle deposits...

LA City Attorney Failed to Disclose $242 Million DWP-funded City Slush Fund, Says Consumer Watchdog Legal Appeal  

March 26, 2019  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer supported a deceptive notice to ratepayers in a class action settlement over the transfer of hundreds...

AG Xavier Becerra Should Take Over Public Corruption Probe At City Attorney’s Office About DWP Misbilling & Fraud That Led To Two Resignations

March 13, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA —  Consumer Watchdog has called upon Attorney General Xavier Becerra to take over a public corruption investigation at the LA City Attorney’s...

Public Corruption At City Attorney’s Office Over DWP Misbilling, Self-Dealing & Fraud Leads To Two Resignations

March 11, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA —  Consumer Watchdog has called upon City Attorney Mike Feuer to fully respond to revelations in LA Superior Court that his top attorneys and special...

Watchdog Report Finds California Consumers Lose Half Of Every Nickel Bottle Deposit

February 28, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA—For every nickel bottle or can deposit that California consumers pay in the grocery store checkout line, they only get back 2.65 cents,...

Half a Nickel: How California Consumers Get Ripped Off On Every Bottle Deposit They Pay.

February 27, 2019  ·  Liza Tucker

For every nickel bottle deposit that California consumers pay in the checkout line, they only get back 2.65 cents. A three-month investigation by Consumer Watchdog found the...

After Intense Battle, Garcetti Abandons Rebuilding Gas-fired Power Plants

February 13, 2019  ·  Adam Scow

Consumer Watchdog welcomed an announcement from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to abandon plans to rebuild three gas-fired power plants along the Los Angeles coastline....

Watchdog: PUC Must Go After Giving $6 Billion Credit Line To PG&E Pre-Bankruptcy, Raising Rates

January 29, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog called for the ouster of the California Public Utilities Commission over its decision late Monday to extend a $6...

Consumer Watchdog: PG&E is No Victim, Governor Newsom Should Appoint Tough Regulator

January 14, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog said today that PG&E prematurely filed bankruptcy protection to drive a political bailout of the company and gain leverage...

Maui Utilities’ Junket While Paradise Burned Should Spark New Rules For Real-time Disclosure of Lawmaker Trips

January 9, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — In a letter to California’s legislative leaders, Consumer Watchdog today wrote that the shocking details of a utility junket in Maui...

As Paradise Burned, 12 Legislators Partied In Maui With Utility Execs & Lobbyists

January 5, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

As wildfire victims fled for their lives in Paradise and Malibu this November, utility executives and lobbyists for California’s big utilities were wining and dining 12 influential state...