In each case, the regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission, has faced significant criticism over alleged lax oversight or having a too close relationship with the energy companies involved. For instance, the PUC is weighing a long-awaited decision on whether Uber and Lyft drivers should receive fingerprint-based background checks. Under the proposal, the PUC will still set the rules for the ride-hailing industry, but implementation and enforcement will go somewhere else. More broadly, the effort will ensure that agency communications are subject to the state’s government transparency laws. In a broad reorganization of California’s primary energy regulator, Gov.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 28, 2016 06:56 UTC