Secretary of State Bill Jones, who last summer called for investigations of possible conflicts of interest among Gov. Gray Davis' energy advisors, said he was outraged to learn that Budhraja was still taking money from Edison while advising state electricity buyers.
"How in the world in the last 18 months," Jones said, "can he possibly make the case that he's been working for the state and not come in contact or had a conflict with the second-largest energy company in California?"
Jones ... said he hoped that the Fair Political Practices Commission, the Securities Exchange Commission and the state attorney general's office would step up their probes of Budhraja and others hired by Davis, a Democrat, during the electricity crisis.
"It just shows you the arrogance of power in this administration," Jones said. "They've ignored the ethics of this."
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In January 2001, the Davis administration gave Electric Power Group a $6.2-million contract to help the state Department of Water Resources take over the power-buying role of utilities ....
Source: SCE 10K form
As soon as I saw his name on the new LA Slimes article, I knew that Ernest or someone had posted the SEC problem with this broad based energy fascist of Herr Davis.
If this had happened under Pete Wilson, we would still be hearing about it from the Slimes, the Gay Rhonicle and the various Bees up and down the valley.