The Protect Our Communities Foundation

After a brief delay, David Hayes was confirmed May 20 as Deputy Secretary of the Interior Department. Hayes was a former lobbyist for SEMPRA Energy (parent company of SDG&E) in 2006. According to the Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy (RACE):
“Sempra/SDG&E aggressively lobbied the DOE in the 2005/2006 timeframe to classify a high voltage transmission line [...]