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Consumer Groups' Proposal for Electricity Re-Regulation California Senate Bill 18X (2001) would require utilities to sell energy to residential ratepayers, small businesses,…
Feb 1, 2001Best's Review The 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco has reversed a 1998 trial-court ruling that said insurers shouldn't base…
Feb 1, 2001
California's energy misfortunes; Industry OverviewEnergy User News California's energy misfortunes multiplied almost daily as the year 2000 drew to a close. Utilities…
Feb 1, 2001The Associated Press Four California utility executives sold small stakes in their companies last year before management began issuing dire bankruptcy warnings…
Feb 1, 2001Sacramento Bee With a flick of the wrist, Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday plunged California deep into the power-buying business by signing…
Feb 1, 2001CBS EVENING NEWS California raced today to keep the state's energy crisis from reaching critical mass and cascading wider and deeper into…
Feb 1, 2001The Associated Press Rival lobbyists swarmed through the Capitol, battling to protect their interests as lawmakers wrangled over a multbillion-dollar scheme to…
Jan 31, 2001USA TODAY California stumbled through its 15th straight day of critical power shortages Tuesday as Gov. Gray Davis reopened state coffers to…
Jan 31, 2001The New York Times When California's Public Utilities Commission called for independent audits of the state's two largest utilities last month, the…
Jan 31, 2001Public Demands Davis Keep His Word to Protect Ratepayers and Taxpayers Dozens of citizens, outraged at Governor Gray Davis' support for a…
Jan 31, 2001WALL STREET'S VIEW OF UTILITIES IMPROVES. CHENEY IS NAMED TO HEAD TASK FORCE ON CRISIS. AUDIT FINDS THAT IN RECENT PERIOD, EDISON…
Jan 30, 2001AUDIT SHOWS ONE UTILITY TO BE SOLVENTNational Public Radio MORNING EDITION President Bush says he's prepared to help relieve California's energy crisis.…
Jan 30, 2001The Associated Press Edison International harvested $4.8 billion in dividends from Southern California Edison in the five years leading up to the…
Jan 30, 2001Public Demands Hertzberg Speak for Public, not Utilities, in Sacramento Dozens of citizens, outraged at Speaker of the Assembly Robert Hertzberg's support…
Jan 30, 2001The New York Times The chief executive responded knowingly this past week to an array of detailed business questions
Jan 29, 2001The San Diego Union-Tribune For one brief moment, California wasn't governed by a bland, cautious politician.
Jan 29, 2001Los Angeles Times The best analogy about California's electricity deregulation comes from Richie Ross, a political consultant.
Jan 29, 2001