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Governor backs plan to spur energy competition

Governor backs plan to spur energy competition

<p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p> <p>Consumer advocates, meanwhile, who had opposed Nunez's bill, found themselves in agreement with the speaker's criticism. "We are more encouraged by his response to the governor than by his bill," said Douglas Heller of FTCR.</p>
Camera! Action!… No Lights?

Camera! Action!… No Lights?

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">In a letter to PUC Chairman Mike Peevey today, Governor Schwarzenegger announced his intention to send California back into the throes of energy deregulation, putting as much as a quarter of the...</font>
Memo to state: volume discount

Memo to state: volume discount

<p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p> <p>The state's budget crisis has gone well past the point where it can continue to pick the pockets of taxpayers while lining the pockets of pharmaceutical companies. California should demand the same deal it gets on office equipment or tires: Big buyers ge</p>
TOP 5 COMPANIES IN ARIZONA POST AVERAGE GAIN OF 90%;

TOP 5 COMPANIES IN ARIZONA POST AVERAGE GAIN OF 90%;

<h3>SUPPLIERS REAP GASOLINE PROFITS</h3><p class="source">The Arizona Republic</p> <p>FTCR recently published a report that correlated oil company profits with retail gas prices. Court found that from 2002 to 2003, a 31 percent increase in gasoline prices translated into a 90 percent increase in profits at the five largest oil companies in</p>