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Energy Law

May 7, 2010

Proposition 16 Likely to Stay on Ballot

An initiative that would require public agencies entering the retail power business to first receive two-thirds approval from voters can stay on the June 8 ballot, a Sacramento judge tentatively ruled on Wednesday.

By Greg Kane

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - An initiative that would require public agencies entering the retail power business to first receive two-thirds approval from voters can stay on the June 8 ballot, a Sacramento Superior Court judge tentatively ruled on Wednesday.

Judge Allen Sumner ruled that a coalition of California cities and publicly owned utilities challenging Proposition 16 both waited too long and did...

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