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The Associated Press Two huge utilities are seeking permission to make consumers pay as much as 30 percent more for their electricity,…
Dec 28, 2000The San Diego Union-Tribune State consumer groups -- several of which continue to work on plans to overturn electricity deregulation through a…
Dec 28, 2000THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE (RIVERSIDE, CA.) Southern California Edison pleaded for a 30 percent rate hike Wednesday, warning of rotating blackouts and possible bankruptcy…
Dec 28, 2000EDISON AND PG&E PRESS FOR INCREASE AS THE PUC OPENS HEARINGS. CONSUMER GROUPS SAY COMPANIES GAMBLED WITH DEREGULATION AND SHOULD PAY THE…
Dec 28, 2000MARKETPLACE California regulators today considered whether to lift rate caps on electric bills that were a condition of deregulation of the power…
Dec 28, 2000National Public Radio MORNING EDITION California's two largest utilities have stated their case for sharply raising electricity rates.
Dec 28, 2000The New York Times While California's governor was in Washington discussing the state's energy crisis with President Clinton, representatives of dozens of…
Dec 28, 2000With official permission from the Attorney General, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights filed a lawsuit today in the name of…
Dec 28, 2000A JUMP IN PROFITS IS FORECAST FOR FIRMS THAT PROVIDE THE STATE'S ENERGY. DAVIS SEEKS ADVICE FROM GREENSPAN.Los Angeles Times California's power…
Dec 27, 2000The Washington Times LOS ANGELES - A rising anger among consumers over California's electric power crunch threatens to boil over into a…
Dec 27, 2000Riverside Press-Enterprise Utility companies and consumer groups escalated their rhetoric Tuesday as the state Public Utilities Commission prepares to take testimony on…
Dec 27, 2000The Associated Press A two-day hearing opened Wednesday with wildly divergent suggestions for dealing with California's electricity crisis.
Dec 27, 2000More than $450,00 has gone to his campaign since 1998; governor denies bias.Ventura County Star SANTA ANA -- California Gov. Gray Davis…
Dec 25, 2000Los Angeles Times In the throes of an energy crisis, many Californians are worrying about rolling blackouts and power rationing during the…
Dec 24, 2000MANY PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON FAMILY FINANCES. ACTIVISTS WARN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A 'RATEPAYER REBELLION' AS CUSTOMERS FACE POSSIBLE…
Dec 24, 2000The San Diego Union-Tribune The economic and technological aspects of California's electric power crisis are extremely complicated, but the political scramble now…
Dec 23, 2000The New York Times California's great experiment with utility deregulation relies on the wisdom of the marketplace to keep things running, but…
Dec 23, 2000POWER COMPANY ANNOUNCES CASH-CONSERVING MEASURES, INCLUDING A $100-MILLION REDUCTION IN CAPITAL SPENDINGLos Angeles Times 'gDnt company of Southern California Edison announced Friday…
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