Updates
March 12, 2023 6:30 pmThe road to Hell is paved with the new “Vehicle Miles Traveled” tax
Fourteen questions and problems about the Vehicle Miles Traveled tax (VMT) which will violate your privacy, increase your energy costs, and expose you to identity theft and government surveillance. By Nina J. Babiarz, Public Watchdogs’ Director of Development SANDAG, the San Diego Association of Governments is planning to impose a county-wide...
Read more →March 3, 2023 9:53 amThe NRC has kowtowed to political pressure to keep PG&E’s Diablo Canyon open
Advocates at the nonprofit consumer group, Public Watchdogs say that today’s disastrous decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to keep the antiquated Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open flies in the face of the NRC’s own Principles of Good Regulation. “The NRC has broken the public’s trust by betraying its...
Read more →February 20, 2023 12:21 pmJames Conca’s outrageous and deceptive statements
Is spent nuclear fuel really “harmless after four years?” In this video, James Conca, who portrays himself as a “scientist,” is falsely claiming that the nuclear waste st the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump is harmless after four years. He then suggests that people who are concerned about it “don’t...
Read more →February 16, 2023 4:54 pmYes, you are getting gouged on the price of gasoline
Oil prices are down, yet gas prices are up. Expect $5 a gallon or more throughout the summer, even if oil prices crash. Today, AAA has reported that the official average price for a gallon of gas in San Diego is $4.737, about a penny more than the price was last...
Read more →February 7, 2023 4:19 pmEn banc natural gas hearing at CPUC spawned by Governor’s demand for lower gas prices
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom sent a demand letter to FERC, the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission to initiate an investigation into natural gas price manipulation. In a separate press release, Newsom has claimed that “Natural Gas Price Relief is on the way!” According to Newsom, The California Public Utilities Commission...
Read more →January 8, 2023 1:43 pmQuestions about the so-called “Natural Gas Shortage” and why your utility bills are increasing
At this time, there is global natural gas shortage due to harsh winters, the Ukraine crisis, and increased demand. However, the current prices hikes for customers of Southern California Gas, SDG&E, and ultimately, Sempra Energy, may be completely unjustified and should command the attention of energy regulators. So far, SDG&E has...
Read more →January 8, 2023 12:32 pmWhy are my natural gas bills so high?
QUESTION: Why are Compressed Natural Gas Prices SO high? ANSWER: The utility companies claim: elongated cold weather spell brought with the rain CNG reserves low due to national temperature spikes Short commodity purchasing period QUESTION: What can consumers do to decrease their bills? ANSWER: Consumers can: Turn down the...
Read more →December 30, 2022 5:01 amPG&E’s Dirty Diablo Canyon Deal will spike your Utility Bill by 3%
MEDIA ADVISORY Friday, December 30, 2022 Click here for text of Senate Bill 846 San Diego, Calif. (December 30, 2022) – At the behest of Governor Newsom, the California legislature has voted to bail out Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E’s) failing Diablo Canyon nuclear plant at your expense....
Read more →October 17, 2022 5:20 pmComments of Nina Babiarz’ testimony to the California Coastal Commission on the possibility of Diablo Canyon nuke waste storage at SONGS
The Coastal Commission’s strangely-worded “Restrictions” on nuclear waste could have created a legal loophole that would have allowed San Onofre to accept nuclear waste from other nuclear power plants! NINA BABIARZ’ PUBLIC COMMENTS at the 10-13-2022 CA COASTAL COMMISSION MEETING My name is Nina Babiarz, a founding Board Member with Public...
Read more →October 16, 2022 11:11 amCoastal Commission amends SONG nuke waste storage terms after hearing from Public Watchdogs’ public advocates
In early October of 2022, Public Watchdogs’ Director of Development noticed something peculiar about what should have been a very straight-forwarded licensing deal with Southern California Edison, the majority owners of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). What Nina noticed, buried deep within all the bureaucratic double-talk in the...
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