"My utility bill is going up even when I reduce energy use. TURN's Mark Toney and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch are right in their criticism: PG&E has failed to provide reliable service, and our state public utilities commissioners have failed to adequately regulate investor-owned utilities. I doubt this will change until we elect a governor who will eschew large donations from the utilities and actually appoint commissioners who will regulate rather than coddle and kowtow to whatever the utilities want."
"Being from the Triple Cities in New York state, it prompted me to look into the history of Endicott Johnson shoe manufacturers; we lived a block from one of their tanneries, and I remember the soot and stench. What was impressive was how well they treated their employees a philosophy which influenced IBM. It is also a story of the support of immigrants recruited from Eastern Europe to staff the factories and how much the children of these immigrants contributed to society."
Utility customers face rising bills despite reducing energy use and cite PG&E's failure to provide reliable service. State public utilities commissioners have failed to adequately regulate investor-owned utilities. Electing a governor who eschews large donations from utilities and appoints commissioners committed to strict regulation is presented as necessary to correct regulatory capture. Historical industrial examples show companies that treated employees well and supported immigrant labor, influencing firms like IBM. The rise of neoliberalism led thriving companies to leave regions, causing long-term economic decline, and similar losses could harm the Bay Area.
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