Money and Fear: The Politics of PG&E

All of the funding to oppose this far-sighted but practical measure comes from large energy companies in California. PG&E is the biggest culprit, joined by Southern California Edison and Sempra. To date, they have invested over $24 million to defeat Proposition 7. This does not count the millions they have spent shoring up the support of California’s major environmental groups, grassroots citizens groups, and even the Democratic and Republican parties. Judging by the money trail, they are pulling the strings in a concerted effort to kill not only the Solar and Clean Energy Act, aka Proposition 7, but San Francisco’s Clean Energy Act as well.

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