California's investor-owned utilities can't use money from customers to pay for things like advertising their brand or lobbying for legislation. Instead, they’re supposed to use money from private investors to pay for those things. Consumer groups say utilities are finding ways around those rules.
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California lawmakers rejected a bill that would have put restrictions on how utility companies can use customers' money following backlash to surging energy costs in the state.
Investor-owned utilities aren't allowed to use money from customers to pay for things like advertising and lobbying, but consumer groups have complained utilities have found ways around these rules.