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Associated Press Elements of a plan to ease California's electricity crisis include a 10 percent rate hike, coupled with long-term cost protections…
Dec 23, 2000Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Power use across the state dropped on Friday as schools, businesses and government offices shut down for the…
Dec 22, 2000Associated Press Southern California Edison Co., one of two huge investor-owned utilities shaken by California's electricity crisis, announced cutbacks impacting 400 jobs…
Dec 22, 2000RELUCTANT COMMISSIONERS PREPARE TO REPEAL THE RATE CAP AS EARLY AS JAN. 4. CONSUMER GROUPS OBJECT, SAYING THE COMMISSION SHOULD PROTECT TAXPAYERS.Los…
Dec 22, 2000The San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Gray Davis has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in political contributions from some of the very…
Dec 22, 2000Regulators Say Increase Is Necessary to Keep Utilities SolventThe Washington Post In the strongest sign yet that electric bills will soon rise…
Dec 22, 2000San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif._Intensifying pressure on state officials, a leading Wall Street rating firm said it will drastically lower…
Dec 22, 2000Initiative Seems to be Only Option to Protect Ratepayers
Dec 22, 2000San Diego Union-Tribune A nightmare before Christmas could be in store for much of Northern and Central California this weekend if the…
Dec 21, 2000The Associated Press Raising the stakes in California's energy crisis, Standard & Poor's warned Wednesday that it will cut off the financial…
Dec 21, 2000Los Angeles Daily News Under pressure from Gov. Gray Davis to bail out the power industry, the state Public Utilities Commission planned…
Dec 21, 2000Stockton Record SACRAMENTO -- Bad news from Wall Street on Wednesday stepped up a public relations battle over California's electricity crisis that…
Dec 21, 2000Talks with Davis collapse after PG&E, Edison refuse to accept rate increase, sources saySan Francisco Chronicle A secret deal brokered by Gov.…
Dec 21, 2000CONSUMERS DEPRIVED OF A VOICE IN UTILITY RATE TALKSLos Angeles Times How surprising and disappointing it is that the state's big consumer…
Dec 21, 2000Public Process Replaces Backroom Dealmaking:Consumer Group Says Audits of Edison International, PG&E Corp. Must Be Independent
Dec 21, 2000NO INCREASE WAS TO BE ALLOWED THIS SOON, BUT EDISON WARNS IT IS ON BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY. CRITICS DECRY 'RATEPAYER BAILOUT.' L.A.,…
Dec 20, 2000Supply shortage worseningThe Stockton Record SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday began personally negotiating the scope of a rate increase proposed…
Dec 20, 2000The Sacramento Bee Gov. Gray Davis acknowledged Tuesday that he expects California ratepayers to bear some of the burden for the state's…
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