Gavin Gets His Close-Up
Our new Governor spent his eight years as Jerry Brown’s Lieutenant Governor with not a whole lot to do. Gavin Newsom s making up for lost time in his first hundred days in office. Right from his Inauguration, Newsom burst out of the gate with new priorities and an aggressive style that is putting his […]
Workers Endangered if State Mandates Takeover of Utilities
There seems to be a misguided effort by some in the state to break up investor-owned utilities and formulate public-sector and public-funded agencies to take their place in response to the statewide impacts of wildfires. As an elected official of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) for the last 19 years, a journeyman lineman […]
California’s Impending Grid Problem
Can the California grid handle the charging challenges for the EVs the state is promoting to be on the grid? The knee-jerk reaction to going green as fast as possible has the potential to crash California’s already fragile economy. No one’s even talking about the load it’s going to put on the current grid. The […]
Credit Rating Agencies Concerned About California Pension Costs
A new Public Policy Institute of California poll shows the number of state residents worried about the cost of government pensions is at a 14-year low. In recent remarks to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, new state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond rejected the idea that pension costs were generally a major problem for school districts […]