Energy
PG&E Bombshell Leaves Customers Grumpy, Cynical
Rates expected to soar, blackouts to proliferateThe San Francisco Chronicle Your lights are still on.
Apr 7, 2001Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
PG&E Bombshell Leaves Customers Grumpy, Cynical
Rates expected to soar, blackouts to proliferateThe San Francisco Chronicle Your lights are still on.
Apr 7, 2001
Energy
Crisis out of politicians’ hands But some think PG&E move could bring order to a chaotic process.
Sacramento Bee With the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s fate in the hands of a federal bankruptcy judge, state officials acknowledged Friday…
Apr 7, 2001
Energy
California’s largest utility files for bankruptcy
San Jose Mercury News Pacific Gas & Electric Co. filed for bankruptcy Friday, rejecting the governor's desperate attempts to stabilize California's power…
Apr 7, 2001
Energy
California’s largest utility files for bankruptcy
Contra Costa Times California's 11-month-old electricity crisis took a dramatic turn Friday when the venerable Pacific Gas & Electric Co. unexpectedly filed…
Apr 7, 2001
Energy
California utility files for bankruptcy
Agence France Presse Frustrated with stalled negotiations with California state officials to stop financial hemorrhaging, Pacific Gas and Electric Company filed Friday…
Apr 7, 2001
Energy
Bankrupt PG&E files for protection
CHAPTER 11: Gov. Davis says action complicates negotiations with Edison.Ventura County Star Pacific Gas and Electric, which delivers power to 13 million…
Apr 7, 2001
Energy
Reaction Mixed on PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Announcement
City News Service PG&E's announcement today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection was derided by the mayor of Los…
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
Ratepayers, consumer advocates, power suppliers score Davis’ speech
The Associated Press Ratepayers and consumer advocates found themselves in rare agreement Thursday with big power companies on at least one segment…
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
In California, Reversal on Energy Rates
The New York Times Bowing to the inevitable, Gov. Gray Davis of California tonight dropped his longstanding opposition to higher electricity rates
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
Governor proposes rate hike; Some S. D. County homes exempt but others could see bills rise average 27%
The San Diego Union-Tribune Gov. Gray Davis dropped his opposition to an electricity rate hike yesterday and proposed an increase -- exempting…
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
Davis pulls energy switch
His proposal for a rate hike, weighted toward heavy electricity users, represents a shift from previous position.The Orange County Register Gov. Gray…
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
Davis propone plan energético
Pide al público racionamiento voluntario de electricidad; recibe críticasLa Opinion En una alocución transmitida en vivo por la mayoría de las estaciones…
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
Davis admits rate hikes unavoidable in any plan
Contra Costa Times After months of assuring Californians he could find a solution to the state's energy crisis without raising electricity rates,…
Apr 6, 2001
Insurance
Davis abandons struggle to keep electricity rates low, proposes hike for half of state’s residents
San Jose Mercury News In a rare statewide television address, Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday abandoned his struggle to keep electricity rates…
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
Davis Proposes Tiered Plan To Boost Rates
Governor wants slightly lower increases than PUC adoptedThe San Francisco Chronicle After months of denying that rate increases were needed to pull…
Apr 6, 2001
Energy
Davis Has Warning, Plea for Californians
Governor Urges Conservation as Energy Woes -- and Criticism of His Record -- GrowThe Washington Post Gov. Gray Davis (D) tonight delivered…
Apr 6, 2001
Privacy
GROUP SUES TO CEASE UNSOLICITED FAX ADS
Los Angeles Times A California consumer advocacy group has sued two junk-fax companies and several of their clients who advertised through the…
Apr 5, 2001