Fate of $4 Billion Tax Increase on Ratepayers Now in Senate's Hands As expected, the California Assembly late last night ordered a massive bailout of S. California Edison by its ratepayers after weeks of intense…
Citizens Film "Lobbyist Pit" As California state Assembly Members prepare to try and shove a multi-billion dollar bailout of SoCal Edison down ratepayers' throats, citizen volunteers decided to document who really gets the last word…
Lawmakers "Walk the Plank" for Edison, Big Business In a repeat of the legislative circus that brought California deregulation in 1996, state Assembly Members are poised to vote -- on the eve of the Labor…
Oaks Project Intervenes to Shine the Light on The Truth in City of Santa Monica's Collusive Lawsuit At a status conference yesterday, Superior Court Judge Laurence Rubin agreed to hear the Oaks Project's plea that…
Consumer advocates said "politicians betrayed the public" by voting for a bailout of Edison, in a key committee Wednesday night. The legislation - SB 78xx (Polanco) would force virtually all businesses in Southern California to…
Oaks Project Intervenes to Shine the Light on The Truth in City of Santa Monica's Collusive Lawsuit At a status conference yesterday, Superior Court Judge Laurence Rubin agreed to hear the Oaks Project's plea that…
The Associated Press It took months of legal pressure from Republican lawmakers and news organizations to force California officials to reveal just how much electricity state officials bought with $43 billion of ratepayer money.
Serenade Lawmakers with Bailout Carols Citizen volunteers today serenaded State Assembly Energy Costs & Availability Committee members with 'bailout carols', to protest some committee members' attempts to approve a ratepayer-funded bailout of Southern California Edison.
Volunteers Travel to Sacramento to Protect The People Fearing an eleventh-hour backroom deal to bail out Southern California Edison, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) has established a "war room" in a hotel…
