Energy
Utilities paint a blackout scenario
San Diego Union-Tribune A nightmare before Christmas could be in store for much of Northern and Central California this weekend if the…
Dec 21, 2000Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
S&P threatens to slash credit ratings on California utilities
The Associated Press Raising the stakes in California's energy crisis, Standard & Poor's warned Wednesday that it will cut off the financial…
Dec 21, 2000
Energy
Power rate hikes mulled
Los Angeles Daily News Under pressure from Gov. Gray Davis to bail out the power industry, the state Public Utilities Commission planned…
Dec 21, 2000
Energy
Power firms’ credit rating hinges on rise in rates
Stockton Record SACRAMENTO -- Bad news from Wall Street on Wednesday stepped up a public relations battle over California's electricity crisis that…
Dec 21, 2000
Energy
Impasse Pulls Plug on Power Bailout
Talks with Davis collapse after PG&E, Edison refuse to accept rate increase, sources saySan Francisco Chronicle A secret deal brokered by Gov.…
Dec 21, 2000
Energy
AN EQUAL CHANCE
CONSUMERS DEPRIVED OF A VOICE IN UTILITY RATE TALKSLos Angeles Times How surprising and disappointing it is that the state's big consumer…
Dec 21, 2000
Energy
RATE HIKE NEEDED TO RESCUE ELECTRIC UTILITIES, DAVIS SAYS
NO INCREASE WAS TO BE ALLOWED THIS SOON, BUT EDISON WARNS IT IS ON BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY. CRITICS DECRY 'RATEPAYER BAILOUT.' L.A.,…
Dec 20, 2000
Energy
Davis tries to slow rise in energy costs
Supply shortage worseningThe Stockton Record SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday began personally negotiating the scope of a rate increase proposed…
Dec 20, 2000
Energy
Davis sees utility bills going up: Otherwise, power firms will go bust, he says
The Sacramento Bee Gov. Gray Davis acknowledged Tuesday that he expects California ratepayers to bear some of the burden for the state's…
Dec 20, 2000
Energy
Davis may have to support rate hikes
'Everyone needs to be part of the solution,' he says, but he pledges it won't lead to an unfair burden for energy…
Dec 20, 2000
Energy
Davis fights for a cap on power rates
He says thousands of utility workers could face layoffsSan Diego Union-tribune Thousands of utility workers could be laid off in California if…
Dec 20, 2000
Energy
DAMAGE CONTROL A PRIORITY FOR DAVIS, UTILITIES
Los Angeles Times As electricity rate hikes loom for millions of California consumers, Gov. Gray Davis and the state's three major utility…
Dec 20, 2000
Energy
California Consumers to Shoulder Debt of California Utility Firms
Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO, Calif.--California consumers will be forced to shoulder millions of dollars of debt incurred by utility companies under a…
Dec 20, 2000
Energy
California’s Two Power Crises
There are two power crises in California today. One is the electricity debacle, the other, a political power crisis.
Dec 19, 2000
Energy
Bankruptcy not imminent for California utility
San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif._Despite spending far more to buy electricity than it charges consumers, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.…
Dec 19, 2000
Energy
Averting disaster with state utilities
San Diego Union-Tribune There are two power crises in California today. One is the electricity debacle, the other, a political power crisis.
Dec 19, 2000
Energy
Bankruptcy v. Bailout
California's largest utility company, Southern California Edison, has thrown down the gauntlet to Governor Gray Davis: force the ratepayers to bail us…
Dec 18, 2000Governor Davis in Secret Negotiations with Utilities
FTCR Warns Governor Davis Against Bailout 2
Dec 18, 2000