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No on 16 celebration @ Lake Chalet on June 18th, 5:30-8p
Lake Chalet start date: 06/18/2010 - 17:30 enddate: 06/18/2010 - 20:00 Where PG&E’s Prop 16 has “profoundly offended,” look out for CCAs“where PG&E has profoundly offended its customers…those are natural candidates for somebody with a better idea” –Former Energy Commissioner John Geesman, Marin Independent Journal, 6/9/10 Just as the press declared its own obituary premature by providing statewide, top-to-bottom, vigorous & determining coverage of the truth behind Prop 16 in the lead-up to Tuesday’s election, so you can see emerging coverage of what 16’s flame-out may predict for public power and community choice going forward. Welcome to Peter Darbee’s world“The only thing worse than a thug is an ineffective thug,” a source, who has closely tracked Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s activities for years, told us yesterday. “And that’s what [PG&E CEO] Peter Darbee is revealing himself to be.” Leno bill would limit PG&E political spendingState Senator Mark Leno is introducing a bill that could stop Pacific Gas and Electric Company from spending ratepayer money on political campaigns. The bill, which doesn't yet have a number, would put a serious crimp in the private utility's ability to launch another effort like Prop. 16 -- the $50 million campaign to block public power in California. 06.14.10 - 11:15 am | Tim Redmond read more at www.sfbg.com/politics/2010/06/14/leno-bill-would-limit-pge-political-spe... PG&E can’t afford a SSJID success storyPG&E’s long-range ability to survive as a monopoly protected by what are essentially government price controls now may very well depend upon stopping the South San Joaquin Irrigation District from entering the retail power business. The massive bonuses and plump salaries of Peter Darbee and his 12 disciples – corporate level PG&E senior vice presidents – depend on keeping SSJID from harnessing its resources for the public good. Oppose PG&E’s request for a rate hikeOver the past year, TURN received hundreds of e-mails and calls from our members complaining that their Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) bills have become unaffordable. Many reported that they had been shut off, on the verge of a shut off or asked for expensive deposits they could not afford. Many also reported that the new “SmartMeters” have caused electric bills to double and triple.
Then there is Proposition 16.
start date: 06/07/2010 - 18:30 enddate: 06/07/2010 - 21:00 June 17th: Working Meeting on the Future of Community Choice EnergyThank you for your contributions to defeating Prop 16! Fighting Prop 16 diverted much of our effort from working on solutions over the past six months. That time will have been wasted unless we use this victory as an opportunity to create a broad-based movement for clean, affordable power and green energy jobs. Please join us June 17th for a working meeting on "THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY CHOICE!" start date: 06/17/2010 - 09:30 enddate: 06/17/2010 - 11:30 CPUC Decision Strengthens Restrictions Against PG&E’s Deceptive Marketing Against CCA Programs, Stops Short of Preventing PG&ESAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) bolstered restrictions on PG&E’s deceptive and misleading statements against Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs, but failed to put a halt to the pervasive smear campaigns that PG&E has unleashed against new CCAs in San Francisco and Marin County. Prop. 16 would put up a roadblock to innovationState propositions often fall into a pattern. Proponents say, here's a great idea: Let's vote on whether cities should go into the electricity business. Opponents see a conspiracy behind every rock — who is behind this? What's the real motivation? What are the unintended consequences? Voters are left to divine the truth. Such is the case with Proposition 16, which poses that simple question. If you watch television, you've seen the ads. The natural response is, of course we should vote on that. Our tax dollars are being put at risk. PG&E's Audacious Attempt to Enshrine Its Energy Monopoly In the California ConstitutionThe rich and corporate are abusing CA's initiative process to enforce their profits through the state's constitution. LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Petitions by Change.org|Get Widget|Start a Petition » 
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Hooray! Come out to help celebrate this tremendous victory at one of Oakland's newest restaurants Lake Chalet, owned by the same folks that brought you the Beach Chalet in SF. We'll be outside sitting on the deck, 5:30-8pm this Friday. It's first come first serve, so it would help if others want to get there a little earlier to snag more tables. Everyone pays for their own food and drink--sorry, I tried to get PG&E to be an event sponsor, but they declined.