CPUC Denies Blocking State AG Investigation of Alleged Corruption
The California Public Utilities Commission cooperated with the state attorney general and federal officials in investigations of the agency, CPUC said in a Friday news release. The agency responded to California Sen. Jerry Hill (D), Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (D) and…
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San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane urging California AG Xavier Becerra (D) to file charges in a 3-year-old probe of alleged corruption at the CPUC. The investigation involves the 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno. The mayor and state legislators wrote to Becerra that recently unsealed court documents show CPUC blocking the AG’s efforts, they said in a Friday news release. The commission denied it. “The CPUC has produced more than one million documents to the Attorney General,” the agency said. “The CPUC has also appropriately asked questions of the Attorney General in order to ensure that relevant and appropriate information was being provided by the CPUC so that time and money was not being spent gathering non-relevant documents.” Becerra didn't comment Monday.