Good read about the fixed rates that the #CPUC will be adopting -- mimicking #SMUD 's fixed monthly charge. Also discusses how utility rates have been increased for things that have little to do with energy delivery.
GM Cruise autonomous vehicle deployment and driverless testing permits are suspended effective immediately by the California DMV, citing "an unreasonable risk to public safety."
It's a breathtaking fraud: #SoCal, America's largest gas company, spent millions secretly paying people to oppose California environmental regulations, then illegally stuck its customers with the bill. We Californians were forced to pay to lobby against our own survival:
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SoCal Gas is regulated by the the #CaliforniaPublicUtilityCommission (#CPUC), which tolerated this mounting illegal conduct for many years, even as the company circulated internal memos as early as 2015 discussing its plans to oppose electrification in the state on the basis that it constituted "a significant risk to our business."