Energy

Consumer and Environmental Advocates Call On Gov. Brown to Stop California Energy Transfer to Trump

August 15, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

SACRAMENTO, CA — Environmental and consumer advocates today urged Governor Jerry Brown to resist the threat of a Trump takeover of the California electricity grid...

Senator Dodd Busted Shutting Down Wildfire Hearings To Rush To Fundraiser With Utility Lobbyists

August 14, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA — Consumer Watchdog released evidence today showing that the co-chairman of the conference committee convened to discuss taking wildfire victims’ legal rights rushed witnesses to end a...

Watchdog Reveals Millions Paid By Utilities To Usurp Wildfire Victims’ Rights

August 8, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

SACRAMENTO, CA—Consumer Watchdog’s President Jamie Court spoke today at a rally of wildfire survivors and urged legislators not to give in to PG&E and the...

Watchdog Offers New Info That Western Power Market Plan is Enron All Over Again Without The Legal Remedy

June 21, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA — As the Governor is expected to announce special deliberations on utility proposals shortly, Consumer Watchdog offered new information to the legislature...

New Map Shows Jerry Brown Has 4 Times More Offshore Oil Wells Than Trump

June 20, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog today launched a web site that allows you to compare California offshore wells under the control of Governor Jerry Brown...

Consumer Watchdog Condemns California Senate Energy Committee Vote For Western Power Trading Casino

June 19, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA — The California Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee voted today to pass legislation turning California into a giant Western power trading...

Betting Against the House: How California’s Leaders Could Gamble Away Our Energy Future On A Western Power Trading Casino

June 17, 2018  ·  Evan Thomas King

How a Western Energy Grid integration could create a Wild West casino for California’s utilities and how ratepayers could foot the bill. Read the report...

Report Warns of Enron All Over Again As Governor Jerry Brown And Electricity Deregulation Era Fixers Poised To Rip Off California Ratepayers

June 15, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA— California leaders are being pressed by former allies of Enron and energy traders who ripped off the state to gamble away California’s...

Consumer Watchdog Warns CA Legislators New Utility Bailout Will Leave Gray Davis Stain 

April 23, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA — In a letter to the 120 members of the California legislature, Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court warned that a bailout of California’s...

“Governor Brown, Please Step Up”: More Than 750 Public Interest Groups Call On Governor Brown To Halt New Dirty Oil And Gas Projects

April 11, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

Five months before Governor’s climate summit in San Francisco, climate groups call on Governor to “walk the talk” on climate and stand up to the...

New Report: LADWP’s Ratepayer Advocate Is Costing Angelenos Nearly $7 Billion Extra And Should Be Fired

March 14, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

Santa Monica, CA — Instead of pushing the country’s largest municipal utility to be leaner, greener, and meaner, Fred Pickel, the first ratepayer advocate ever...

The Price of Pickel: The LADWP’s Ratepayer Watchdog Comes With A $7 Billion Price Tag

March 13, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest, most powerful municipal utility in the country. For its first 110 years, the...