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Contra Costa Times Skirmishing continued Thursday in the protracted battle over how to reorganize PG&E Corp.'s bankrupt utility unit. A consumer advocacy…
Apr 12, 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.…
Apr 12, 2002CA State Telephone Regulation Report A California court ruled PUC Commissioner Henry Duque must be removed from office for financial conflict of…
Apr 12, 2002Activists say public shouldn't pick up tabAlameda Times-Star Online A consumer watchdog group doesn't think taxpayers should have to pay attorney bills…
Apr 11, 2002Associated Press Consumer advocates sued state power regulators in the California Supreme Court Thursday in hopes of ensuring the public has a…
Apr 11, 2002Energy Info Source A California consumer group Thursday filed a lawsuit against the state Public Utilities Commission that could derail the commission's…
Apr 11, 2002Asks High Court to Block Secret Proceedings, Illegal Rate Increases to Pay for Utility Bailouts
Apr 11, 2002Petition for Writ of Mandate
Apr 11, 2002Foster Electric Report A California court has tentatively ruled that Commissioner Henry Duque should be removed from the California Public Utility Commission…
Apr 10, 2002PUC Using Taxpayer Funds to Fight Removal of Commissioner
Apr 10, 2002PUC Using Taxpayer Funds to Fight Removal of Commissioner
Apr 9, 2002Energy Daily A California court issued a tentative ruling last week calling for the removal of Commissioner Henry Duque from the California…
Apr 8, 2002Supposedly Independent Administrator Puts Herself Above Public Scrutiny The "independent" administrator for Kaiser Permanente's mandatory arbitration system has refused to answer serious…
Apr 8, 2002Greenwire California Gov. Gray Davis (D) and Calpine Corp. are close to an agreement to rework four long-term power contracts worth $11.7…
Apr 5, 2002