Sacramento Municipal Utility District

SMUD CEO Announces ‘Retirement’ Following Globe Exposé on $1M Salary

January 9, 2026 2:11 pmJanuary 9, 2026 2:11 pm

The CEO and General Manager of SMUD announced he is resigning/retiring. He says his family has sacrificed a lot, and they “love to travel.” This week the Globe reported Sacramento Municipal Utility District CEO and General Manager Paul Lau is...

Whoa! The SMUD CEO’s Salary is Over $900,000 Annually

January 6, 2026 3:25 amJanuary 6, 2026 3:26 am

Sacramento Municipal Utility District CEO and General Manager Paul Lau is paid $936,617 in total wages, and $45,374 in retirement and health benefits, totaling $981,991 annually. Lau is paid nearly $1 million annually to manage 2,400 employees, and revenue of...

Read the Room Sac County Supervisors: Another Solar Farm Approval is Another Failed Experiment

November 19, 2025 12:04 pmNovember 19, 2025 12:07 pm

In a glaring case of willful stupidity, a proposed 2,700-acre solar farm project east of Rancho Cordova in Sacramento County was just unanimously approved by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in an effort to provide “carbon-free power.” The project...

Sacramento Taxpayers are Victims of a Rapacious and Uncaring State Government

September 15, 2025 7:04 amSeptember 15, 2025 7:04 am

The Sacramento City Council should immediately assign the City Auditor to determine the actual annual state freeloading impact upon city taxpayers through the state’s tax exempt properties, both owned and leased. There has been much talk that all should...

California Energy Prices Continue to Rise Higher Than Other States

August 6, 2020 4:57 pmAugust 7, 2020 6:20 am

The Center for Jobs and the Economy at the California Business Roundtable reports that California gas and energy prices continued to rise higher in July than nearly all other states. “These outcomes mean that even as many households struggle under...

Gov. Newsom Reappoints Green Power CEO to CA Grid Operator Board

March 10, 2020 3:03 pmMarch 10, 2020 3:17 pm

Gov. Newsom recently re-appointed Angelina Galiteva to the Board of Governors of the California power grid operator – Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) – even though she is CEO of a solar systems company and advocates “the end of cheap energy.” ...

Rooftop solar monopoly

March 2, 2020 6:31 amMarch 2, 2020 6:59 am

Now that the rooftop mandate for new homes has been relaxed to allow communities to choose cheaper power from municipal solar farms, will new homeowners be allowed to choose cheaper and cleaner conventional energy sources through local Community Choice energy?...