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This page supplements the myth "In California, an ignorant Legislature imposed deregulation of electricity, victimizing both the investor-owned utilities and their customers" in my Energy Myths.
| Atlantic Richfield, sells fuel to electric utilities | $10,000 |
| Chase Securities, investment bank | $10,000 |
| Chevron, sells fuel to electric utilities | $25,000 |
| Commonwealth Edison, Mid-West electric utility | $250,000 |
| Edison Electric Institute, electric utility trade group | $200,000 |
| Goldman, Sachs, investment bank | $25,000 |
| Hewlett Packard, electronics | $10,000 |
| Lehman Brothers, investment bank | $100,000 |
| Morgan Stanley, investment bank | $250,000 |
| New Century Services, Rocky Mountain electric utility | $10,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric | $17,392,849 |
| Public Service Enterprise Group, East Coast electric utility | $100,000 |
| Redwood Securities Group, investment bank | $12,000 |
| Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (and its PAC), investment bank | $50,000 |
| San Diego Gas & Electric | $320,000 |
| Sempra Energy, "The Gas Company" in California now owns San Diego Gas & Electric and also electric utilities in other states | $3,926,599 |
| Southern California Edison and its parent Edison International | $17,575,331 |
| Southern Company Services, electric utility in south-eastern U.S. | $50,000 |
| Texaco, sells fuel to electric utilities | $10,000 |
Bold indicates utilities and oil companies.
Of more than $40,300,000 raised to defeat Proposition 9 and thus keep deregulation, 99.9% was in donations of $10,000 or more. The consumer groups that supported Proposition 9 raised a little more than $1,400,000, 5.3% of which was in donations of $10,000 or less. The total dollar amount of those "small donations" in support of Proposition 9 were actually 63% greater than the "small donations" opposed to it. With only 3.4% of the funding, the supporters did receive over 26.5% of the votes.
Source: California Secretary of State