April 25, 2025

Consumer Watchdog Report: Dirty Deal

59 minutes

On today’s show, California’s autonomy over its utilities is under threat according to a new report by Consumer Watchdog entitled, “Dirty Deal: How A Corporate Utility Fixer Is Poised To Turn Over CA Climate Law To Trump”. I’ll speak to its author, investigative reporter Justin Kloczko and Consumer Watchdog president Jaime Court.

EVENTS:

Extinction Rebellion hosts the Street Theater at Tesla in Berkeley Where: Tesla,1731 Fourth Street, Berkeley When: April 26 12pm-1pm

Extinction Rebellion Celebrates the New Climate Mural in Richmond What: Community Mural Unveiling – All are invited! When: Sunday, April 27, 2:00-4:00pm Pacific Where: Arlington Market, 6462 Arlington Blvd., Richmond, CA

350 Bay Area’s first ever monthly Energy Equity campaign meeting on April 30, Wednesday at 6 pm to learn about our current energy landscape, what we’re working on, and to join the conversation on what it will take to get the utility system we need.

May Day Strong National Day of Action When: Wednesday, May 1, 4:00pm Where: Civic Center, San Francisco Register to say you are attending or see MayDayStrong.org for other local events.

Senate Judiciary Tuesday (they vote April 29) – if your member is on this committee.

SENATE JUDICIARY

Senator Thomas Umberg Chair (916) 651-4034

Senator Ben Allen. (916) 651-4024

Senator Angelique Ashby (916) 651-4008

Senator Anna Caballero (916) 651-4014

Senator Maria Elena Durazo (916) 651-4026

Senator John Laird (916) 651-4017

Senator Eloise Reyes (916) 651-4029

Senator Henry Stern (916) 651-4027

Senator Aisah Wahab (916) 651-4410

Senator Akiah Weber Pierson. (916) 651-4039

Senator Scott Wiener (916) 651-4011

https://www.senate.ca.gov/senators

Sample Script:

My name is _____

I am one of thousands of voters in California opposed to SB 540.

We are counting on you to protect us and vote NO on SB 540 Pathways and not give away our hard-won control over our clean energy future to Trump who hates California.Our single state control protects us now, and there is NO reason to give it up.

Once we join, we cannot exit the Regional Operator. No one ever has.

We know the supposed “guardrails” are illusory and will not hold up in court.

We will lose our renewable goals to Trump. In addition, all the other western states can sue us and kill our renewable energy focus. This has been clearly shown in the attached Center for Biological Diversity letter posted here.

We already have all the grid connections we need without giving up control. It’s a manufactured fear by the same forces that got us into the Enron crisis that cost us $40 billion in the year 2001.

Don’t sell us out. Vote NO on SB 540 in Senate Judiciary Committee on April 29.

Or Abstain (NVR – no vote recorded).

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