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Health care State employees could pay 25% more next year. Other employers might follow suit.The Orange County Register Health-insurance premiums for public…
Apr 17, 2002American Health Line The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the second-largest purchaser of health care behind the federal government, is expected today…
Apr 17, 2002Bankrupt Utility Opposes ProposalSan Jose Mercury News State utility regulators Monday filed their official plan for repayment of the $13.5 billion that…
Apr 16, 2002Regulators Present Their Proposal, But The Bankrupt Utility Quickly Dismisses It As "Illegal"The Contra Costa Times California regulators presented a plan Monday…
Apr 16, 2002Bankruptcy: Customers would pay $4.7 billion to help restore utility's fiscal health. The firm, activists are both criticalThe Los Angeles Times State…
Apr 16, 2002Energy Daily The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Monday unveiled its version of how PG&E Corp. should get itself out of bankruptcy,…
Apr 16, 2002The Associated Press State & Local Wire State regulators proposed a plan Monday they said would allow Pacific Gas and Electric Co.…
Apr 15, 2002Megawatt Daily A California consumer group's lawsuit challenging the state Public Utilities Commission's authority to reach court-sanctioned wholesale power-debt recovery deals with…
Apr 15, 2002As HMOs' popularity continues to erode, more plans turn to less-restrictive rules. But with costs rising, what's next?Modern Healthcare It has been…
Apr 15, 2002Electric Utility Week (formerly Electrical Week) California Public Utilities Commissioner Henry Duque on Friday was set to announce an appeal of a…
Apr 15, 2002PUC Plan Illegal Under State Law
Apr 15, 2002The Riverside Press-Enterprise The California Public Utilities Commission member ordered out of office by a San Francisco judge won't be giving up…
Apr 13, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle A consumer group asked the state Supreme Court yesterday to block a plan by state regulators to bring…
Apr 13, 2002Courts: A consumer group takes on PUC over settlement with Edison, PG&E planThe Los Angeles Times A consumer group asked the California…
Apr 12, 2002The San Francisco Recorder A consumer advocacy group has sued the California Public Utilities Commission in state Supreme Court, threatening the commission's…
Apr 12, 2002The Daily Deal The reorganization of California's largest utility seeks to create three new companies that fall primarily under federal regulation.
Apr 12, 2002LAWSUIT BLASTS COMMISSION'S BAILOUT PLAN FOR BANKRUPT PG&ESan Jose Mercury News A consumer rights group is suing the California Public Utilities Commission,…
Apr 12, 2002USA TODAY Witnesses at a Senate hearing Thursday pinned much of the blame for California's electricity crisis last year on Enron Corp.…
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