Call it the Not-so-public Utilities Commission

If you’re worried about natural gas pipelines running near your home or business, prepare for a long battle to get key information from California’s Public Utilities Commission. Under a 60-year-old law, vast numbers of documents — including regulatory reports and safety studies — are secret, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

What’s more, PG&E often has the last word on what the public will be able to see.

A Chronicle survey shows that most states routinely make such documents available to the public.

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