Energy
RATES MAY SOAR 50%
CRISIS HAS MANY IN STATE FEELING POWERLESSThe Daily News of Los Angeles
Mar 27, 2001Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
Higher Calif. Power Rates Considered
Associated Press California's top energy regulator is considering raising rates by almost 50 percent to send a message to ''electricity hogs'' to…
Mar 27, 2001
Energy
Bailout Watch #25 – Mar 26, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #25 - Mar 26, 2001 Gov. Running Out…
Mar 27, 2001160% Increase in Monthly Utility Bills Projected, 83 Cents of every $1 for Wholesale Power Goes to Profiteers
State Should Get Refunds or Seize Plants, Advocates Say
Mar 26, 2001
Privacy
Patient Advocates Seek State Support for HMO Lawsuits
Los Angeles Business Journal Consumer advocates are calling on the state Department of Managed Health Care to co-sponsor a bill that would…
Mar 26, 2001
Energy
Power Hogs May Get Hit In Pocketbook
Davis favors tiered rate increasesThe San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Gray Davis, faced with the near inevitability of raising consumers' electricity bills, is…
Mar 25, 2001
Energy
Few share Davis’ view on rate hike
Even aides predict big power cost boostSacramento Bee With new threats of fiscal distress descending on California's power industry and the state…
Mar 25, 2001$87/Month Energy Rate Increases Under Davis Plan
Governor's Giveaway Invites Public Backlash, Say Consumer Advocates
Mar 24, 2001
Energy
Davis reps warn lawmakers of possible 50 percent power rate hike
The Associated Press State power regulators may have to raise rates for customers of two financially strapped utilities at least 50 percent…
Mar 24, 2001
Energy
Davis at Fund-Raiser as His Bill Languishes
Critics say he should have been at CapitolThe San Francisco Chronicle While the Assembly struggled -- and failed -- to pass a…
Mar 24, 2001
Energy
Bombshell Warning on Power Cost
Spending may double and rates skyrocket, governor's office tells LegislatureThe San Francisco Chronicle Top Davis administration officials told lawmakers yesterday that the…
Mar 24, 2001
Energy
Bailout Watch #24 – Mar 23, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #24 - Mar 23, 2001 Killing the goose…
Mar 24, 2001
Energy
ISO estimates price-fixing cost to consumers to be $6.2 billion
The San Diego Union-Tribune California's power grid managers said yesterday that energy company price fixing over a recent 10-month period has cost…
Mar 23, 2001
Energy
ESTIMATE OF POSSIBLE OVERCHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY RISES TO $6.3 BILLION
GRID OPERATOR SAYS IT HAS NOT ASSESSED HOW MUCH SHOULD BE REFUNDED. PRODUCERS DENY THAT THEY HAVE PROFITEERED.Los Angeles Times California's power…
Mar 23, 2001
Energy
Bailout Watch #23 – Mar 22, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #23 - Mar 22, 2001 Wake up and…
Mar 23, 2001
Insurance
CALIFORNIA INSURERS FIGHT FOR USE OF ZIP CODES AS UNDERWRITING CRITERIA
BestWire Insurance companies have asked the California Supreme Court not to review the use of ZIP codes in underwriting auto insurance policies.
Mar 22, 2001
Healthcare
Arbitration records sealed
Sacramento Bee The California Department of Managed Health Care has denied a consumer group's petition to make public the records of HMO…
Mar 22, 2001