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BEFORE ITS FILING, THE UTILITY ALSO HAD $2.5 BILLION ON HAND AND HAD RESTARTED SERVICES SUSPENDED EARLIER BECAUSE OF SHAKY FINANCES.Los Angeles…
Apr 8, 2001The Associated Press Here's what lawmakers, residents and others said Friday about Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s bankruptcy filing:
Apr 7, 2001San Diego Union Tribune Back in 1997, as California's experiment with electricity deregulation was about to get under way, the state's entire…
Apr 7, 2001The Boston Herald Yesterday's bankruptcy filing by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should have little or no impact on Massachusetts plants owned…
Apr 7, 2001Associated Press Gov. Gray Davis lashed out Pacific Gas and Electric's decision to file for bankruptcy, calling it selfish and "a slap…
Apr 7, 2001CHAPTER 11 FILING, THIRD-LARGEST IN HISTORY, PUTS THE UTILITY'S FATE IN A JUDGE'S HANDS. COMPANY SAYS RESCUE TALKS WERE 'GOING NOWHERE'Los Angeles…
Apr 7, 2001Rates expected to soar, blackouts to proliferateThe San Francisco Chronicle Your lights are still on.
Apr 7, 2001Rates expected to soar, blackouts to proliferateThe San Francisco Chronicle Your lights are still on.
Apr 7, 2001Sacramento Bee With the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s fate in the hands of a federal bankruptcy judge, state officials acknowledged Friday…
Apr 7, 2001San Jose Mercury News Pacific Gas & Electric Co. filed for bankruptcy Friday, rejecting the governor's desperate attempts to stabilize California's power…
Apr 7, 2001Contra Costa Times California's 11-month-old electricity crisis took a dramatic turn Friday when the venerable Pacific Gas & Electric Co. unexpectedly filed…
Apr 7, 2001Agence France Presse Frustrated with stalled negotiations with California state officials to stop financial hemorrhaging, Pacific Gas and Electric Company filed Friday…
Apr 7, 2001CHAPTER 11: Gov. Davis says action complicates negotiations with Edison.Ventura County Star Pacific Gas and Electric, which delivers power to 13 million…
Apr 7, 2001His proposal for a rate hike, weighted toward heavy electricity users, represents a shift from previous position.The Orange County Register Gov. Gray…
Apr 6, 2001Pide al público racionamiento voluntario de electricidad; recibe críticasLa Opinion En una alocución transmitida en vivo por la mayoría de las estaciones…
Apr 6, 2001Contra Costa Times After months of assuring Californians he could find a solution to the state's energy crisis without raising electricity rates,…
Apr 6, 2001San Jose Mercury News In a rare statewide television address, Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday abandoned his struggle to keep electricity rates…
Apr 6, 2001Governor wants slightly lower increases than PUC adoptedThe San Francisco Chronicle After months of denying that rate increases were needed to pull…
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