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Los Angeles Business Journal Consumer advocates are calling on the state Department of Managed Health Care to co-sponsor a bill that would…
Mar 26, 2001State Should Get Refunds or Seize Plants, Advocates Say
Mar 26, 2001Davis favors tiered rate increasesThe San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Gray Davis, faced with the near inevitability of raising consumers' electricity bills, is…
Mar 25, 2001Even aides predict big power cost boostSacramento Bee With new threats of fiscal distress descending on California's power industry and the state…
Mar 25, 2001The Associated Press State power regulators may have to raise rates for customers of two financially strapped utilities at least 50 percent…
Mar 24, 2001Critics say he should have been at CapitolThe San Francisco Chronicle While the Assembly struggled -- and failed -- to pass a…
Mar 24, 2001Spending may double and rates skyrocket, governor's office tells LegislatureThe San Francisco Chronicle Top Davis administration officials told lawmakers yesterday that the…
Mar 24, 2001Governor's Giveaway Invites Public Backlash, Say Consumer Advocates
Mar 24, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #24 - Mar 23, 2001 Killing the goose…
Mar 24, 2001The San Diego Union-Tribune California's power grid managers said yesterday that energy company price fixing over a recent 10-month period has cost…
Mar 23, 2001GRID OPERATOR SAYS IT HAS NOT ASSESSED HOW MUCH SHOULD BE REFUNDED. PRODUCERS DENY THAT THEY HAVE PROFITEERED.Los Angeles Times California's power…
Mar 23, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #23 - Mar 22, 2001 Wake up and…
Mar 23, 2001The Associated Press At least three major out-of-state electricity generators are challenging the authority of the California Public Utilities Commission to investigate…
Mar 22, 2001Associated Press California intensified scrutiny of soaring power prices Thursday, with grid managers accusing wholesalers of overcharging $6.2 billion and the state…
Mar 22, 2001BestWire Insurance companies have asked the California Supreme Court not to review the use of ZIP codes in underwriting auto insurance policies.
Mar 22, 2001Sacramento Bee The California Department of Managed Health Care has denied a consumer group's petition to make public the records of HMO…
Mar 22, 2001The San Diego Union-Tribune Saying he lacks the authority, the state's managed-care czar has denied a petition by consumer advocate groups to…
Mar 22, 2001Consumer Group Says Legislature Should Rule Out Consumer Rate Increases
Mar 22, 2001