And future generations will have to pay for this fiasco. Heller and other critics say Davis' strategy commits California to paying energy prices that will be excessive in the future. They also predict that he will pay too much to help utilities solve their money woes. Phil Trounstine, Davis' communications director, called Heller's assessment dead wrong. But party politics lurk in the shadows as decisions are made and impacts assessed.
Some Republicans complain that their energy ideas are getting short shrift.