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Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
First, THANK YOU, Don Bauder for this post, and for all the other great investigative journalism work you have done over the years. As someone who worked at the CPUC for 20 years, leaving as the catastrophic Electricity "Restructuring" (Deregulation) Policy was rammed through by then-Governor Pete Wilson's appointed majority on the Commission ... this is the latest in a long, sordid tale of collusion between the regulator and regulatee(s). That disastrous policy was affirmed unanimously by the CA Legislature in an 11th-hour vote; Peevey was originally appointed by the hapless Gray Davis and reappointed by his successor-in-recall $chwarzenegger, and has been shielded in part since by his Assemblymember-now-State-Senator wife, Carol Liu, who up until last year chaired the Senate Appropriations committee responsible for the CPUC's budget. MORE conflict-of-interest. Gov. Brown CAN strip Peevey of the Presidency of the Commission on his own, and appoint another of the 4 CPUCommissioners. As you have pointed out here, it should NOT be Carla Peterman given her failure to stick to her instincts about the conflict of interest inherent in voting on Pio Pico as a CPU Commissioner when she authored a favorable report on the same project as a CA Energy Commissioner. Public Utilities Code Sec. 305: "The Governor shall designate a president of the commission from among the members of the commission. The president shall direct the executive director, the attorney, and other staff of the commission, except for the staff of the division described in Section 309.5 [NOTE: Division of Ratepayer Advocates], in the performance of their duties, in accordance with commission policies and guidelines. The president shall preside at all meetings and sessions of the commission." Of great import to this topic -- this past Monday, State Senator Jerry Hill of San Bruno unveiled Senate Bill 611, reform legislation prompted by the CPUC's decision last October to abruptly suspend public hearings that were to determine how much Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will be fined for the fatal San Bruno gas pipeline explosion. "The CPUC’s decision to close the curtain on the hearings after two weeks of testimony – and bring in former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell to mediate – was roundly criticized by Hill and Ruane as an affront to transparency and the residents of San Bruno, and Mitchell ultimately stepped aside. "Hill’s bill would erect an ethical wall, separating the CPUC prosecutorial and judicial functions --just as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the CPUC’s federal counterpart, separates these powers. This provision was crafted in response to CPUC President Michael Peevey’s decision to direct the commission’s staff, through the commission’s general counsel, to force the parties in the San Bruno proceedings to settle in private with PG&E. http://sd13.senate.ca.gov/news/2013-02-22-hill-in…— March 1, 2013 10:34 a.m.
Group Plans to Protest Issa Fundraiser
Thank you for correcting it so quickly, Dave!— March 13, 2012 12:23 p.m.
Group Plans to Protest Issa Fundraiser
Thanks for covering this, but our Women's Picket of Chairman Issa is TONIGHT, 5-8p, at the intersection of Shadowridge and Gateway Drives in Vista. Martha Sullivan 858/945-6273— March 13, 2012 11:21 a.m.
Reverend Stickman Wins Songwriting Competition
Congratulations, Rev! Very well-deserved.— May 19, 2011 6:54 a.m.