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Post 10318416 55 minutes ago • View on 8kun More Utility Corruption: Senior CA Commission Official Says She’s Being Ousted After Whistleblowing There has been extensive news coverage of the massive ongoing and sometimes deadly problems created by California utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). More corruption has been exposed and it’s not isolated to PG&E. From the San Francisco Chronicle: UTILITIES: Senior CPUC official claims she’s being ousted after whistle-blowing One of the highest-ranking officials at the California agency that regulates private utilities says she is being forced out of her job after she sought to recover $200 million in fees owed to the agency. Alice Stebbins, who has been executive director of the California Public Utilities Commission since February 2018, was placed on administrative time off and believes her employer is preparing to fire her. Stebbins’ attorney sent a letter Tuesday to her bosses, the five commissioners who govern the agency, claiming she was being retaliated against for trying to “clean up a broken CPUC.” The letter says Commission President Marybel Batjer told Stebbins that she would be ousted because of ethical concerns about a handful of hires she allowed. But Stebbins told The Chronicle that she suspects the real reason has something to do with about $200 million in outstanding fees that the agency has not collected. https://www.activistpost.com/2020/08/more-utility-corruption-senior-ca-commission-official-says-shes-being-ousted-after-whistleblowing.html