Harmeet Dhillon

The question is, who can sue, and what's the statutory basis?

So this is something I'm looking at, but I want to put it in context.

It's actually a much bigger problem than what you just described.

Everyone's kind of lampooning.

You have to get three friends to sign up and agree that you're gay, and then you get certified as gay.

But actually, this is part of a broader DEI initiative, where they have minority set asides based on race.

based on gender based on other factors and and you know this was the vogue in california if you wanted to be a law firm for example getting work with a public utilities commission or pg e or one of these other southern cal edison um you had a big leg up if you could prove that uh you have partners in your firm who are black and they're going to be doing the work

They were giving away bond underwriting to the tune of billions of dollars based on minority identity of bankers and law firms.

Same for gender.

And I mean...

How does that help the taxpayer get the best services?

How does that help the rate payer?

Everybody who consumes utilities in the state of California get the best rates?

It doesn't.

Obviously, when you have set asides and special contracts like that, you have inflation because people know that their status is a commodity that they can actually sell because it's being forced on the state and on the rate payer.

So I think this is illegal.

So we're definitely looking into what can be done about it by the Department of Justice.

But

The other people who could do something about it, in some instances, can be private parties who weren't picked for a contract because they don't have the correct boxes checked.

I don't know how who somebody sleeps with is relevant to their provision of utility-related support services.