Energy

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...

How California’s New Governor Can Become A Climate Change Warrior

January 2, 2019  ·  Liza Tucker

Governor Jerry Brown fancied himself a climate change warrior and so does Governor Elect Gavin Newsom. But if Newsom really wants to do something to...

Beholden Chris Holden’s Big Utility Tent

December 14, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

Assembly Member Chris Holden is the point man for Pacific Gas and Electric on its legislative bailout plans over the 2018 fires. That’s why we...

Former Enron Consultant To Be Reappointed As DWP Ratepayer Representative Without Job Review

December 5, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog called the City Council’s vote to reappoint Fred Pickel as the head of the DWP’s Office of Public Accountability...

Gov Brown’s Culpability For Spreading Wildfires

November 19, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

Governor Brown may not have lit the match that set off the recent wild fires in Sonoma and Napa, but he has responsibility for failing...

Watchdog Calls Garcetti Out On His “Pickel Problem” On #NationalPickleDay

November 14, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog called on Mayor Garcetti to support a new city council motion by council members Koretz and Bonnin requiring a...