Steven Weissman report cited in Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2012
More than bragging rights are at stake: California’s solar industry has created 26,000 jobs, or 1 in 4 solar jobs nationwide, according to a recent study by the UC Berkeley law school.
Steven Weissman report cited in Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2012
More than bragging rights are at stake: California’s solar industry has created 26,000 jobs, or 1 in 4 solar jobs nationwide, according to a recent study by the UC Berkeley law school.
Steven Weissman quoted in PV-Tech, April 10, 2012
“Overall incentives are being reduced,” said Weissman. “I think about a patient in intensive care with tubes, wires, everything is hooked up and the doctor comes in and says I think the patient is doing better, let’s yank them all out! That’s not what they’re going to do, they’re going to pull one plug, ramp down one medicine and see what the impacts are.”
Corporate Counsel, September 21, 2011 by Catherine Dunn
http://bit.ly/rgrKFe
With regards to the singular, if high-profile, failing of Solyndra, Weissman says: “It’s a vast oversimplification to point to [the failure] of one company and draw any meaningful conclusions.” The purpose of the federal loan-guarantee program is to shift risk in uncharted waters from the private sector to the taxpayer, and “whenever there’s risk, that means some things are going to succeed and some things are going to fail,” he adds.
POLITICO Pro, August 16, 2011 by Michelle Quinn
https://www.politicopro.com/ (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2011\News Clips for article)
“California can refuse to approve the deal unless certain conditions are met,” Weissman said. “This would force AT&T and T-Mobile to alter the agreement in order to move ahead. Even though California’s authority doesn’t reach beyond its borders, the companies can’t merge one way in California, and another way everywhere else. In effect, a roadblock in California stops traffic on a national level.”
Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2011 by Jim Puzzanghera
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/16/business/la-fi-bryson-profile-20110716/2
“The fact that the company was in financial trouble during the crisis is really not so much a reflection of … the way it was managed,” Weissman said. “It was an indictment of the underlying premise for deregulation as it was designed in California.”
The New York Times, June 15, 2011 by Colin Sullivan
http://nyti.ms/mr4jsm
Bryson did manage to separate himself from other corporate executives by dealing directly with Davis. This made Edison “the quieter of the three major California utilities” during the crisis, Weissman said, as Bryson was working behind the scenes to pay off its debt, avoid bankruptcy and generally keep “a lower profile in terms of affiliate transactions in California power markets.”
And some tried to turn the table on Republicans when the question was raised about Bryson’s support for renewables and BrightSource specifically. “Given that the Republicans won’t vote to repeal subsidies to the oil industry, I don’t see how they can complain about subsidies for clean tech,” said Daniel Farber.
Contra Costa Times, January 19, 2011 by Matt Krupnick
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_17139605?nclick_check=1
Public officials should be responsible when spending tax dollars, he said, regardless of bidding requirements.
It really starts as a matter of local governance,” he said. Public agencies “are responsible to the voters.”
San Francisco Chronicle, December 26, 2010 by Demian Bulwa and Jaxon Van Derbeken
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/26/MNNV1GL4FQ.DTL
It can be difficult to prepare for big events that happen rarely, such as a terrorist attack or levee breakor a pipeline rupture in a neighborhood…. “The natural gas system is largely outside of public consciousness—unless something goes terribly wrong,” said Steve Weissman.
Daily Journal, December 14, 2010 by Fiona Smith
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“You can see why some potential sins are being forgiven, at least for out-of-country facilities, if they deliver their power into the California grid,” Weissman said. “You’re not only getting the greenness, you’re getting the kilowatt hours.”
The New York Times, October 12, 2010 by Erica Gies
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/business/energy-environment/13iht-rencalifact.html?src=busln
A five-year suspension would leave just five years for companies to comply with 2020 emissions targets. “It would be an economic disaster to push compliance in just five years. It’s a rolling form of uncertainty if you do this,” he said.