By Thomas Elias, THE DESERT SUN June 7, 2021 https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/06/07/california-puc-members-lapdogs-fix-make-them-elected/7573702002/ There is plenty of reason for Californians to despise the state’s Public Utilities Commission, the five-person appointive body that sets electric, natural...

By Hailey Branson-Potts & Maria L. La Ganga, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 3, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-02/pge-camp-fire-equipment-inspections For years, Pacific Gas & Electric failed to do climbing inspections of a century-old tower that malfunctioned...

By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY MEDIA October 31, 2019 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/31/18827743.php The Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), again in the spotlight of the national and international news media because of its shutoffs of...