Comments on: Poll: Davis voters oppose socializing electricity https://calwatchdog.com/2014/03/20/poll-davis-voters-oppose-socializing-electricity/ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:10:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://calwatchdog.com/2014/03/20/poll-davis-voters-oppose-socializing-electricity/#comment-74195 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:10:28 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=60905#comment-74195 This is standard operating procedure for the management of PG&E and IBEW 1245 (whose workers are almost entirely PG&E employees) at this point. PG&E earned a lot of negative press about its anti-competitive activities that fulminated with Prop 16. After they lost, they changed strategy to play “good cop” and leave IBEW 1245 to play “bad cop”.

All new competitive threats are opposed by IBEW 1245’s multi-million dollar budget and used to trash possible competition while praising PG&E. In exchange, IBEW continues to get sweetheart, overpriced deals which PG&E happily pays because it passes on those costs to its ratepayers. PG&E meanwhile plays good cop by redoubling its spending of public goods funds (money they collect from customers and are required to distribute, rather than any actual generosity) in contested areas to improve their image.

It’s a brilliant strategy, really.

]]> By: Donkey https://calwatchdog.com/2014/03/20/poll-davis-voters-oppose-socializing-electricity/#comment-74059 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 01:21:44 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=60905#comment-74059 If you like your electricity, you can keep your electricity!! 🙂

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