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Limit jumps to $250 per megawatt-hour under plan. Panel moves to cut Davis' authority over state electricity grid.The Los Angeles Times Federal…
Jul 18, 2002Sacramento Bee Re-igniting a debate that burned during last year's energy crisis, federal regulators nearly tripled the price ceiling on electricity in…
Jul 18, 2002Corporate Scandals Have No Impact on Bush Administration's Handling of Energy Deregulation's Failure
Jul 17, 2002National Bill Would Hurt Patients, Help Only Insurers' Profits
Jul 17, 2002The Charlotte Observer As California reeled toward blackouts early last year, Duke Energy Corp. raised its wholesale power prices, some nearly sixfold…
Jul 12, 2002St. Petersburg Times Heard the latest flap over the director of a public corporation who sold his shares for $848,560 just before…
Jul 10, 2002Proposed California Law Would Punish Executive Silence and Stop Fraud Early On
Jul 9, 2002Orange County Business Journal With federal price caps due to expire on Sept. 30 and the state's authority to buy power set…
Jul 7, 2002Manage hospitals like utilitiesThe Los Angeles Times The only way to ensure access to Los Angeles County's emergency rooms and hospitals is…
Jul 7, 2002L.A.'s top labor leader shills for the HMO vulturesL.A. Weekly When it came to an urgent, no-brainer, pro-consumer reform of some of…
Jul 5, 2002STATE TELEPHONE REGULATION REPORT A California appeals court stayed a lower court ruling that would have immediately ousted PUC Commissioner Henry Duque…
Jul 5, 2002CNN TV - LOU DOBBS MONEYLINE The California Senate passed a law that would hold corporate executives personally liable for failing to…
Jul 3, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle The state's energy crisis, the collapse of Enron, Arthur Andersen's document shredding and the resulting scandal that cost…
Jul 1, 2002Power Markets Week The California Public Utilities Commission Tuesday retained UBS Warburg to arrange the financing needed to implement its reorganization proposal…
Jul 1, 2002California: Increases remain in place despite a sharp drop in market prices. State panel predicts a $2.7-billion windfall for the utilities.The Los…
Jun 30, 2002Communications Daily Cal. appeals court stayed lower court ruling that would oust PUC Comr. Henry Duque from office because of financial conflict…
Jun 28, 2002The Sacramento Bee Sponsors of a bill that would have allowed patients to avoid mandatory arbitration in certain HMO disputes blamed powerful…
Jun 27, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle The "walks" continue. Two significant bills were killed on reconsideration in Assembly committees Tuesday, with pivotal blocs of…
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