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Government

Sep. 19, 2014

Longtime public interest attorney regrets email exchange with PG&E executive

Mike Florio, a longtime public interest attorney turned regulator, said Wednesday he messed up in discussing which administrative law judge should decide a rate hike case with an executive from Pacific Gas and Electric Co.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Mike Florio, a longtime public interest attorney turned regulator, said Wednesday he messed up in discussing which administrative law judge should decide a rate hike case with an executive from Pacific Gas and Electric Co.


In an interview, Florio said he regretted the email discussions with the utility company executive, which violate the California Public Utility Commission's own rules.

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