POWER: EDISON'S PROPOSAL TO PUC WOULD BOOST THE CUSTOMER'S COST BY 9.9% AND ASKS FOR AN EARLY END TO THE FREEZE

Los Angeles Times

Southern California Edison is increasing the pressure on state regulators to allow it to pass high wholesale electricity rates on to customers through an initial rate hike of nearly 10% plus new authority to set its own rates--a combination that could mea

Advocates Say PUC, Governor Should Reject Unacceptable and Illegal Plan

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said today that the results of the November 2000 election make it far more likely that bi-partisan HMO patients' rights legislation will make it to the next U.S. president's desk in 2001.

Utility Seeks to Avoid Clear Rules of State Law

GOVERNOR ALSO ASKS FEDERAL REGULATORS TO GIVE REFUNDS TO CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS WHO FELT THE IMPACT OF DEREGULATION THIS SUMMER WITH HIGH BILLS

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Gray Davis warned federal energy regulators Tuesday of a "ratepayer revolt" unless they order refunds and immediate price controls to keep bills from skyrocketing under California's newly deregulated electricity market.

UC Berkeley Conference on Electricity Deregulation Dominated by Private Energy Corporations

Stockton Record

Five months after California's experiment with deregulation sent electricity prices soaring, state policy-makers haven't come anywhere close to a consensus on how to solve the problem.

San Diego Union-Tribune

VISTA -- Voters here approved two campaign-finance measures, but Proposition V, which was put on the ballot by the City Council, takes precedence because it got the most votes.

All-Volunteer Campaigns a Sign of Citizens' Power to Enact Strong Conflict of Interest Protections When Politicians Will Not Act

Volunteers with the Oaks Project celebrated a victory at the polls in a multi-city drive for campaign reform, the first of its kind in California. The Oaks Project, sponsors of campaign reform initiatives in several cities, pronounced the outcome a doubl

Prop J's All-Volunteer Campaign a Sign of Citizens' Power to Enact Strong Conflict of Interest Protections When Politicians Won't Act

Prop J volunteers celebrated a victory at the polls Tuesday in a multi-city campaign, the first of its kind in California history. The Oaks Project, sponsors of the initiatives, cheered the overwhelming passage of the local campaign finance reform measur