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These States Won’t Let Utilities Charge Customers for Their Lobbying and Marketing (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Hello_there@fedia.io to c/california@lemmy.world

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“The momentum behind utility accountability legislation continues to grow."

Can we have this for CA please?

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[–] comador@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No because the CA CPUC is partially funded by the utilities themselves.

How the CPUC is funded:

Public Goods Charge (PGC): Consumers pay this charge on their electricity bills to fund energy efficiency, renewable technologies, and public interest research.
Gas Surcharge: This surcharge funds energy efficiency and other public purpose programs.
EPIC Program: This program is funded by California Utilities such as PG&E, So. Cal. Edison and SDG&E.

The utilities wouldn't be interested in that, so neither are the CPUC members who are on their payroll.