Governator moves to consolidate Energy Agencies

Seeking to streamline the energy bureaucracy in hopes of making sense of the State's energy infrastructure, Governor Schwarzenegger has announced a plan to re-organize the State's energy-related agencies:

Schwarzenegger, in a move his aides said Monday is designed to consolidate the energy bureaucracy, will propose a new Department of Energy this week that would have many of the same powers that the state's Energy Commission currently has.

The overhaul would not save money or eliminate state jobs, and it would end only one agency -- the obscure Electricity Oversight Board. But administration officials said it would add clarity and accountability to an often-confusing bureaucracy.