PG&E..... To know them is to hate them.

[Ernesto]

..."Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s unsuccessful, $46 million attempt to pass Proposition 16 on Tuesday failed to persuade the company's own customers.

The ballot measure, which would have limited the ability of local governments to enter the electricity business and compete with PG&E, fared best in parts of the state that aren't served by the company and worst in areas that are."...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/10/BU8N1DSL95.DTL&tsp=1

[dana_b]

1. reading that article makes things a little more clear for me

I was wondering why Southern California voted for the proposition. I didn't realize that they had so many more smaller utility companies. They are lucky and probably don't have the huge bills that we do too! F***ing "Smart Meters" are a total rip off.