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Renegotiated Power Deals Include $200 Million Trade-off In New Payments To CalpineSan Jose Mercury News The state's renegotiated power contracts include more…
Apr 24, 2002Megawatt Daily The California Public Utilities Commission will begin seeking public comment next month on its alternative bankruptcy reorganization plan for Pacific…
Apr 24, 2002Consumer Group Urges Davis to Pursue Litigation If Companies Won't Dramatically Reduce Price of Deals The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights…
Apr 23, 2002Davis Sees $3.5 Billion Saved In Decade; Effect On Consumer Bills UnclearSan Jose Mercury News Under fire for overpriced electricity contracts, Gov.…
Apr 23, 2002Pasadena Star-News He sued City Hall to force officials to put a voter-approved anti-corruption ballot measure on the books, and now the…
Apr 23, 2002Electric Utility Week (formerly Electrical Week) Pacific Gas & Electric stockholders will ''bear a significant portion of the burden'' of returning the…
Apr 22, 2002The insurer that wants to buy CareFirst is praised for its acumen by business analysts but not by doctors.The Baltimore Sun "The…
Apr 21, 2002CPUC - 4/17/02
Apr 18, 2002Los Angeles Times If the California Public Employees' Retirement System--the Goliath of buyers--can get stepped on, then without new controls the little…
Apr 18, 2002Without state oversight, insurers can raise premiums to cover bad investments. The announcement by the nation's second-largest purchaser of health insurance that…
Apr 18, 2002American Health Line As expected, the board of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the second-largest purchaser of health insurance after the…
Apr 18, 2002The Washington Post Health insurance premiums for California's 1.2 million state employees and retirees are likely to jump a record 25 percent…
Apr 17, 2002Politics: Santa Monica, Pasadena and Claremont delay action on voter-passed limits on gifts or jobs to officials whose actions aided the giver.The…
Apr 17, 2002Megawatt Daily Henry Duque, the sole Republican on the five-member California Public Utilities Commission, said he would appeal a San Francisco Superior…
Apr 17, 2002Health care State employees could pay 25% more next year. Other employers might follow suit.The Orange County Register Health-insurance premiums for public…
Apr 17, 2002American Health Line The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the second-largest purchaser of health care behind the federal government, is expected today…
Apr 17, 2002Regulators Present Their Proposal, But The Bankrupt Utility Quickly Dismisses It As "Illegal"The Contra Costa Times California regulators presented a plan Monday…
Apr 16, 2002Bankruptcy: Customers would pay $4.7 billion to help restore utility's fiscal health. The firm, activists are both criticalThe Los Angeles Times State…
Apr 16, 2002