Legal Opinion
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Department of Water Resources
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 2, 2003No. C041864PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) buys electric power from the California Department of Water Resources.
The Department of Water Resources and its director, Thomas M. Hannigan (collectively DWR), appeal from a judgment granting a petition for writ of mandate filed by PG&E. PG&E challenged the manner in which DWR carried out emergency legislation authorizing it to buy and sell electrical power during a statewide energy crisis. The legislation at issue is Assembly Bill No. 1X (2001-2002 1st Ex. Sess.) (Assem. Bill No. 1X) (see Stats. 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 4, § 4),…
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