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Probes Pursuing allegations of price-fixing and other misdeeds produces frustration, friction.The Orange County Register Detectives would seem to be tripping over each…
Jun 7, 2001Runaway market coming under control, they say, with 43% of daily need accounted for. They now can turn down offers they deem…
Jun 7, 2001The San Diego Union-Tribune Experts say state electricity prices are falling because of a surprising level of hydropower, cooler weather, increased supplies…
Jun 7, 2001Consumer Federation Credits Proposition Passed in 1988; Insurers DisagreeWashington Post Proposition 103, the 1988 California voter initiative that insurers said would be…
Jun 7, 2001Los Angeles Daily News While Californians are paying dearly for gasoline, the cost of car insurance has shown a long-term decline while…
Jun 7, 2001Copley News Service Experts say state electricity prices are falling because of a surprising level of hydropower, cooler weather, increased supplies and…
Jun 7, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #51 - Jun 06, 2001 Blink? Energy prices…
Jun 6, 2001New Study Shows Proposition 103 Saved Californians $23 Billion 1989-1998
Jun 6, 2001Did President Bush Blunder in Not Helping California With Its Energy Crisis?Fox News Network - THE O'REILLY FACTOR In the "Unresolved Problems"…
Jun 5, 2001Utility must file reorganization plan by end of year, or CEO only gets $600,000 extraThe San Francisco Chronicle PG&E's creditors have agreed…
Jun 5, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #50 - Jun 04, 2001 Bailout in trouble,…
Jun 4, 2001The Recorder Californians who receive botched health care may be able to take their HMO to court if a bill, which passed…
Jun 4, 2001But energy firm agrees to waive 80% of its $3,880-per-megawatt-hour tab, if it gets paid.Los Angeles Times Duke Energy Corp., one of…
Jun 2, 2001An Assembly proposal for bailing out the utility would tap big industrial users. Business interests say it's a political escape.The Orange County…
Jun 1, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #49 - May 31, 2001 Businesses for the…
May 31, 2001The San Francisco Chronicle Legislative leaders are drafting a new rescue plan for Southern California Edison that would put the utility back…
May 31, 2001Financial Times PG&E, the Californian utility driven to bankruptcy proceedings by the state's power crisis, drew a storm of criticism yesterday over…
May 31, 2001San Jose Mercury News As state officials cut deals in recent months to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to purchase electricity, they…
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