| May 15, 2002 | California's Corrupted Contracts |
| | At the height of California's electricity purchases in March 2001, the Wall Street Journal quoted a trading floor manager for the Bonneville Power Administration. The expert was incredulous as he watched California traders bid on electricity, "at times offer(ing) to pay $50 to $100 per megawatt hour more than the available market price." He said, "They agree to prices that make you wonder. You'd at least think they'd check to see what the prevailing price is before throwing out their offer."
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| May 1, 2002 | Power Contracts Lawsuit, Pasadena, California
Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock |
| | Senator Tom McClintock today filed a lawsuit to void California's costly long-term energy contracts. The suit, McClintock, et al., v. Budhraja, was filed this morning in Pasadena Superior Court. Senator McClintock is asking the Court to void the long-term energy contracts under Government Code Section 1090, conflict of interest law. Attached are Senator McClintock's remarks on the filing of the lawsuit. |
| December 20, 2001 | California's Consumer-Power Crisis |
| | The wholesale price of electricity has plunged 95
percent from its highs earlier this year, while most electricity rates have simultaneously shot up 40 percent. What's wrong with this picture? Government tried to help. |
| November 8, 2001 | U.S. Justice Foundation Suit Challenging Davis Electricity Contracts. Press Conference Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock. |
| | I am here to commend and thank the U.S. Justice Foundation for stepping forward on behalf of the people of California to challenge the Davis electricity contracts that lock families and businesses into sky-high prices for many years into the future. |
| October 24, 2001 | Reply by Senator McClintock to KNX Radio Editorial "Southern California Edison Rescue" |
| | On October 2nd, with no public notice whatsoever, the Public Utilities Commission approved a $3 billion dollar bailout of Southern California Edison. If you're an Edison customer, that means you'll be paying an average of $750 more for your electricity over the next several years. |
| October 5, 2001 | California's New Robber Barons |
| | At the turn of the last century, railroad robber barons had wrapped their tentacles around California's government. Through rampant influence peddling they obtained monopoly control of all rail transportation in the state and wheedled millions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies.
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| October 1, 2001 | Special Session for a Special Interest |
| | A funny thing happened on the way to the special legislative session Gov. Davis has been demanding to save Southern California Edison from bankruptcy. It turns out, bankruptcy works.
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| July 25, 2001 | Sign the Petition To Stop Utility Tax Gouging |
| | We the undersigned support Senator Tom McClintock's legislation (SBX2-69) to roll back utility taxes to the per-unit level that was in effect on January 1, 1999. This will help ratepayers cope with the rising cost of utilities. |
| July 22, 2001 | Baseline Pricing - Electricity: SB 41xx (Speier) |
| | This is a very simple bill that seeks to lower the price paid by families with dependent children for their electricity. As just such a family, I should be jumping at this. But let me tell you why I feel this is a very slippery slope. |
| July 20, 2001 | SCE Bailout: SB 78xx (Polanco) |
| | Simply stated, the fundamental issue surrounding all of the versions of the SCE bailout is, "Who should pay for SCE's losses?" |
| June 26, 2001 | Yucca Mountain and California's Future |
| | If there is a silver lining in the energy crisis it is that most Californians - and, indeed, most Americans - have reawakened to a simple but inescapable truth: that if we want clean, cheap, abundant and reliable electricity, we must make a significant commitment to nuclear power. |
| June 13, 2001 | Yucca Mountain Resolution, Senate Energy Committee |
| | If there is a silver lining in this energy crisis it is that most Californians - and, indeed, most Americans - have re-awakened to a simple but inescapable fact: that if we want clean, cheap and abundant power, we must make a significant commitment to nuclear energy. |
| June 10, 2001 | Pricing Electricity |
| | In a free society, California's electricity problems would have corrected themselves long ago. A shortage develops, electricity becomes relatively scarce, and prices rise. As prices rise, consumers reduce their demand while producers develop more generation. Consumption declines, production increases, prices fall. The result: low prices and abundant electricity. |
| May 25, 2001 | The Bailout From Hell |
| | The twin pillars of Gray Davis' energy policy have been first, to keep elecctricity rates frozen regardless of the actual price of electricity, and second, to prevent the state's utilities from declaring bankruptcy as a direct result of his first policy. |
| May 17, 2001 | California's Energy Nightmare |
| | There is only one way to wake up...A Power Point presentation on California's Energy Supply. |
| May 10, 2001 | Clean Energy Resolution Calls for Cheap, Abundant and Reliable Nuclear Power |
| | Senator Tom McClintock has introduced SJR13, The California Clean Energy Resolution, with 28 co-authors. |
| May 9, 2001 | SB 31x Bonds for Power Purchases |
| | $13.4 billion in revenue bonds to pay for the Governor's losses while day-trading electricity from the corner office.
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| May 4, 2001 | SB 603 Backup Generators |
| | This measure by Senator Tom McClintock authorizes usage of diesel generators when the Independent System Operator (ISO) declares a Stage Three electricity emergency. The measure, SB 603, was heard April 25, 2001 in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. |
| May 4, 2001 | SB 601 Power Plant Expansions |
| | This measure by Senator Tom McClintock streamlines the upgrading of California power plants. The bill, SB 601, was heard April 25, 2001 in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.
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| April 30, 2001 | Time for a Second Look at Nuclear Power |
| | The newspaper's front page contained one of those jigsaws of incongruity that one comes to expect these days in California. One article reported that the California Independent System Operator had just declared the latest in a long series of Stage Two electricity shortages, while another reported on workers merrily dismantling the Rancho Seco nuclear electricity generating plant near Sacramento. |
| April 6, 2001 | Solar Sophistries |
| | In all the solar exuberance, politicians would do well to heed the old maxim, "When it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't true." - Los Angeles Daily News, April 6, 2001
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| April 5, 2001 | Republican Reply to Governor Gray Davis |
| | Senator McClintock gave the republican response to Governor Davis' energy speech Thursday evening. The Senator's speech was sent via satellite to television stations throughout the state. |
| March 29, 2001 | Cal-ISO 2001 Projections Look Grim |
| | Chart illustrates month by month energy estimates (surplus or shortage) for California.
"Since 1974 California has actively discouraged the construction of new power plants, and the day has arrived when we have run out of power." Senator Tom McClintock |
| March 28, 2001 | Providing Ratepayer Relief for California Families |
| | This year, the Governor is taxing at the highest rate in California's history: $9.09 from every hundred dollars you earn. Gov. Davis can afford, even after his financially devastating mistakes, to return $530 to every family in this state, to keep them from being financially crushed by his PUC's new rates. Press Conference Remarks. |
| March 22, 2001 | The Truth About Electricity Prices |
| | California consumers end up with the worst of both worlds: paying astronomical prices for power through their taxes and their future electricity bills, while assuring that widespread power outages will be suffered this summer, and with no relief in sight. |
