Recent Legislation Will Significantly Change How Utilities Calculate Residential Electricity Rates; according to August 29, 2023 California State Audit of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Go back to main Ab 205 page. Get this page as a pdf file. The Legislature is requiring the CPUC to authorize a fixed charge based on income in default residential electricity rates starting no later than July 1, 2024,…
Here’s the direct link to Franchise Tax Board’s Mission Statement and also their Founding Principles: https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/index.html NOTE #1: Franchise Tax Board’s ‘Founding Principles’ also include their Statement of Principles of Tax Administration & Taxpayer Bill of Rights direct links embedded below : Mission Statement: “Our mission is to help taxpayers file timely and accurate tax returns and pay the correct amount to fund…
Text of California Assembly Bill 205 (AB 205, June 30, 2022), downloaded from https://legiscan.com/ on January 7, 2024. Not a word has been changed. For a hyperlink to this document on the Legiscan Web site, click here, or https://bit.ly/3tJnzVL Assembly Bill No. 205 CHAPTER 61 An act to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 16429.8) to Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title…
At 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant had a meltdown. Public Watchdogs’ director of development, Nina Babiarz, was working in Pennsylvania as a reporter not far from the disaster. Forty years later, Babiarz addressed Southern California Edison’s public relations organ, the “Community Engagement Panel” on the decommissioning of the failed and leaking nuclear reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear…
According to Forbes, lighting up the Griswold house with Christmas lights would cost the average American about $4,000. Now, one of San Diego’s most trusted consumer advocates has told homeowners to throw out their holiday lights. According to Public Watchdogs’ director of development, Nina Babiarz, SDG&E’s new “peak use” charges could be shock if you use old fashioned incandescent light bulbs with your holiday lights. “Just…
Business practices by SANDAG questioned in lawsuit Fired finance director sues, says she was let go after raising audit issues By Jeff McDonald The firing of a senior finance officer at the San Diego Association of Governments has drawn fresh attention to troubling and persistent business practices within the $1.2 billion regional planning agency, deficiencies that have been previously pointed out by auditors. Top executives of…
July 9, 2021, Public Watchdogs Director of Development commented on Vehicle Miles travelled. Get The Video. Get The Full Story
SANDAG, the San Diego Area Association of Governments has been sued by its former finance officer Lauren Warrem This story is a summary of the original story published on the front page of the San Diego Union Tribune . It was written by investigative reporter, Jeff McDonald, on December 3, 2023. Get the original story here. SANDAG, which has also been called San…
Documentation of damages to San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) nuclear waste canisters Postponement Request LPI Report Staff Report Staff Report, 05-07-19, Special Conditions
Is Southern California Edison (SCE) burning through hard earned Ratepayer Decommissioning Trust Fund (DTF) dollars to NOT ‘Engage’ the Community? Is SCE even in compliance of its own Community Engagement Panel (CEP) Charter? Edison states right up front in its ‘Purpose‘ of its Community Engagement Panel (CEP) Charter is that it intends: “to enhance and foster open communication, public involvement and education on SONGS decommissioning activities.”…
Analysis of how tsunamis and earthquakes could pave the way to a radioactive flooding disaster at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
LEAH MOSKAL MAXWELL BIO Leah Moskal Maxwell was the only daughter of our deceased board member and single parent, Phil Moskal Maxwell. One could hardly ever have casual conversation with Phil that didn’t start with an enthusiastic review of his children and their accomplishments. Above and beyond all the valuable contributions Phil made as a Board member and CPUC Subject Matter Expert, it was most…
Millions and millions of pounds of eternally lethal nuclear waste is stranded at the San Onofre failed nuclear power plant because the Department of Energy (DOE) has failed to do its job. KPBS covers the story … Editor’s Note: This news story is published under the Fair Use provision of U.S. Copyright Law. We encourage you to view this story as it originally appeared on KPBS…
Click on the image below for the complete, unabridged presentation … … or scroll down for an edited presentation in six short segments. On Tuesday, April 23 at 5:30 Pacific Time, Charles Langley of Public Watchdogs, Gary Headrick of San Clemente Green, keynote speaker Paul Blanch, and Cathy Iwane, a Fukushima evacuee, were featured in a 90-minute Webinar by producer Doug Wood of Grassrootsinfo.org . The…
Webinar on Nuclear Waste, Tuesday, May 23, 5:30pm Register for the event here! Public Webinar: In a first of its kind presentation, concerned citizens and nuclear experts, and public advocates will explore and expose current safety risks at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Visit the new Web site here. Who: Paul Blanch, Nuclear Engineer and Safety Expert Cathy Iwane, Community Leader and Fukushima…