Steve recently noticed that my previous post, “Public Utility Chutzpah,” had a comment, a mysterious person named “meagancb@gmail.com.”  This comment said,

Prop 16 will actually help communities design alternative energy programs that are more likely to have strong community support and be successful. This initiative does one thing; it ensures taxpayers and ratepayers, who will foot the bill or repay the debt, have the final say if their local elected leaders decide to get involved in the retail electricity business by using public dollars or incurring public debt. By requiring a local vote, this initiative will increase, not diminish, local control.

Funny — this text appears almost identically on the FAQ at the site http://www.taxpayersrighttovote.com.

And who pays for that site?  It says on the front page:

Paid for by Yes on 16/Californians to Protect Our Right to Vote, major funding from Pacific Gas & Electric Company, a coalition of taxpayers, environmentalists, renewable energy, business and labor.

Hey, PG&E — thanks for spending the fees that I pay to you, a monopoly public utility, on paying a PR company to troll blogs and post comments without attributing them to you!  Is that legal?