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Litigation

May 12, 2016

After a lawyer's challenge, PUC reopens power plant settlement

The California Public Utilities Commission has reopened a settlement over a failed nuclear power plant following persistent challenges, many still ongoing, by San Diego's former city attorney.

Marty Graham

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By Marty Graham
Special to the Daily Journal

SAN DIEGO — On Monday, two years after former San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre first challenged the California Public Utilities Commission decision that left consumers with a $3.3 billion bill for a failed nuclear power plant, the commission reopened the settlement.

The reversal came after the discovery that the commission's former chairman, Michael Peevey, held a secret meeting...

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