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Politics: Requests brought in $50,000 during probe of the energy firm.The Los Angeles Times Republican legislative leaders solicited tens of thousands of…
Apr 29, 2002Natural Gas Week California Gov. Gray Davis is riding high on successful power contract renegotiations on eight of the state's 32 long-term…
Apr 29, 2002Power Markets Week California has finally started the process of renegotiating $43-billion worth of long-term power contracts and the state announced early…
Apr 29, 2002Megawatt Daily A California consumer group criticized the announced state savings by Gov. Gray Davis' renegotiated power deals with Calpine, and other…
Apr 25, 2002Worth more politically, they sayThe San Francisco Chronicle Eight reworked energy contracts unveiled this week won't save California consumers much money and…
Apr 24, 2002Renegotiated Power Deals Include $200 Million Trade-off In New Payments To CalpineSan Jose Mercury News The state's renegotiated power contracts include more…
Apr 24, 2002Megawatt Daily The California Public Utilities Commission will begin seeking public comment next month on its alternative bankruptcy reorganization plan for Pacific…
Apr 24, 2002Consumer Group Urges Davis to Pursue Litigation If Companies Won't Dramatically Reduce Price of Deals The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights…
Apr 23, 2002Davis Sees $3.5 Billion Saved In Decade; Effect On Consumer Bills UnclearSan Jose Mercury News Under fire for overpriced electricity contracts, Gov.…
Apr 23, 2002Pasadena Star-News He sued City Hall to force officials to put a voter-approved anti-corruption ballot measure on the books, and now the…
Apr 23, 2002Electric Utility Week (formerly Electrical Week) Pacific Gas & Electric stockholders will ''bear a significant portion of the burden'' of returning the…
Apr 22, 2002The insurer that wants to buy CareFirst is praised for its acumen by business analysts but not by doctors.The Baltimore Sun "The…
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Apr 18, 2002Los Angeles Times If the California Public Employees' Retirement System--the Goliath of buyers--can get stepped on, then without new controls the little…
Apr 18, 2002American Health Line As expected, the board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the second-largest purchaser of health insurance after the…
Apr 18, 2002Politics: Santa Monica, Pasadena and Claremont delay action on voter-passed limits on gifts or jobs to officials whose actions aided the giver.The…
Apr 17, 2002Megawatt Daily Henry Duque, the sole Republican on the five-member California Public Utilities Commission, said he would appeal a San Francisco Superior…
Apr 17, 2002Health care State employees could pay 25% more next year. Other employers might follow suit.The Orange County Register Health-insurance premiums for public…
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