Recent News Stories Below

"Community Bids to Bypass Utilities Facing Hurdles in Calif."New York Times article by Debra Kahn (January 7, 2010)

"Measure would protect PG&E;, not taxpayers"Redding Record-Searchlight Editorial (Jan 16, 2010)

"County of Marin reaffirms support for Marin Clean Energy"Contra Costa Times article by Richard Halstead (Jan 12, 2010)

"San Francisco City Attorney Slams PG&E;: Argues utility monopoly using your money to try to stifle competition"NBC Bay Area (Jan 12, 2010)

"San Francisco City Attorney Slams PG&E;: Argues utility monopoly using your money to try to stifle competition"by journalist Peter Seldman of the Pacific Sun (Jan 14, 2010)

"San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Accuses PG&E; Of Undermining City's Clean Power Effort"KTVU Channel 2 (Jan 11, 2010)

"New Group Seeks to Bring Greener Power to Marin:"New York Times article by Katharine Mieszkowski (Dec 22, 2009)

"PG&E; ballot measure is a stealthy power play:" Los Angeles Times column by Michael Hiltzik (Dec 28, 2009)

"Paul Fenn vs. PG&E - Activist-turned-entrepreneur Paul Fenn's effort to bring affordable sustainable energy to California could be revolutionary -- and electricity giant PG&E; isn't happy about it at all." Fast Company feature article by Pulitzer-nominated Author Anya Kamenetz

"PG&E; attack mailer puts City Hall on defensive - SF officials are investigating whether PG&E; broke the law with these misleading mailers" by Rebecca Bowe (San Francisco Bay Guardian - Dec 22, 2009)

"The Two Faces of PG&E" by Columnist Robert Speer (Chico News & Review, (Sep 22, 2009)

"Monopoly Money - Can One Utility Block Marin's Climate Protection Efforts?" by Juliane Poirier (MetroActive - San Jose, New Bohemian - Oct 21, 2009)

"How to Earn a Black Eye: PG&E's Orwellian Misnomer" (San Diego Daily Transcript - Oct 8, 2009)

"The PG&E Plan: Trick the Voters and Make them Cry," by Sierra Club California (The Santa Lucian, San Luis Obispo, October, 2009)

"PG&E Wields Power" (Golden Gate XPress, October, 2009)

"Mirkarimi Warns Northern California Power Authority Against Monopoly-Protecting Ballot Initiative" (Fog City Journal - Sep 24, 2009)

"PG&E Initiative Clears Hurdle" (San Francisco Bay Guardian, Oct 27, 2009)

"Why PG&E's Monopoly Protection Ballot Initiative is a Bad Idea" (Pacific Sun, Sep 28, 2009)

"Stopping PG&E's Fraudulent Initiative" (TURN - The Utility Reform Network, Sep 22, 2009)

"PG&E Backs Measure to Tighten Grip on Cities" (San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 18, 2009)

"PG&E Fights Marin Power Push" (Contra Costa Times - Aug 5, 2009)

"Marin Voice: Energy Indendence for Marin" (Marin Independent Journal - Nov 22, 2009)

"Debate Over Marin Plan To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Heats Up" (Marin Independent Journal - Nov 18, 2009)

"Power Grab in Hot Tubistan:"San Francisco Chronicle article by Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Katherine Ellison (May 29, 2009)