American Thinker,
by
Don Brown
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6/21/2026 6:24:39 AM
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California’s Public Utilities Commission is pressuring the state’s regulated utilities — PG&E, Southern California Edison, SoCalGas, and others — to steer roughly $633 million in annual procurement toward businesses certified as “LGBT-owned.” Under General Order 156, as expanded by Assembly Bill 1678 in 2014 and given numerical targets in a 2022 CPUC decision, large utilities must pursue aspirational goals of 1.5 percent of their spending with firms at least 51 percent owned and controlled by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender individuals. To qualify, owners must submit documentation through the Supplier Clearinghouse proving their sexual orientation or gender identity — letters from LGBT organizations, personal references attesting to orientation,