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A Former California Utility Exec Explains Why Your Electricity Bills Are So High

The former industry insider and amateur wrestler Mark Ellis is exposing the little-known factors that raise bills and threaten the energy transition. People across the country are starting to listen.

By Dan Gearino

Mark Ellis, a former Sempra Corp. executive who has made an unusual shift and become a consumer advocate, poses on a bluff overlooking Scripps Pier at U.C. San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is near his home. Credit: David Poller/Inside Climate News
An aerial view of the Tijuana River crossing the Mexico-U.S. border on March 14, 2020. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

Sewage Across Borders: The Tijuana River Is Spewing Wastewater Into San Diego Amid Historic Storms, Which Could Threaten Public Health

By Kiley Price

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