Energy

Oil prices dip; gas lags behind

April 11, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA)</p> <p>Jamie Court, executive director of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the situation of tight gasoline supplies is similar to the California electricity market two years ago when a handful of generators could manipulat</p>

State high court won’t review Duque ruling

April 10, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review an appellate court ruling that struck down sanctions against a former state utility commissioner for buying stock in a wireless phone company.</p>

Bill aims at energy reform;

April 10, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>STATE LAWMAKERS WANT TO RE-REGULATE UTILITIES, INTRODUCE MORE CONTROLS</h3><p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p> <p>Hoping to take California back to its pre-energy-crisis days, state lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday that would re-regulate the state's private electric utilities.</p>

Senators unveil bill to repeal energy deregulation

April 9, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>After California's failed attempt at energy deregulation, several influential lawmakers on Wednesday proposed to re-regulate the state's dysfunctional electricity market.</p>

Edison CEO’s Total Pay Doubles;

April 8, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>John Bryson received $6 million in 2002. Activist says raise isn't merited in wake of crisis.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Consumer advocate Doug Heller of FTCR criticized the salary increases and bonuses granted to Bryson and other executives at a time when Edison customers continue to pay high rates to settle debts from the energy crisis.</p>

State Considers Establishing a Gasoline Bank;

March 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>A fuel reserve is one of several ideas proposed to curb large price swings when crude oil supplies run short or refineries falter.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>As motorists fume at record-high gasoline prices, which soared in advance of war in Iraq, California officials are studying proposals that could help blunt future price spikes and reduce the state's growing dependence on petroleum.</p>

Southern California Motorists See No Relief Coming at Gas Pumps

March 16, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Daily News of Los Angeles</p> <p>"When gas prices go up, it affects every company involved in a nonvirtual business," said Jamie Court, director of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, which released a report in August alleging that West Coast gasoline refi</p>

Consumer Groups Seek Energy Price Probe

March 11, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Energy Daily</p> <p>Four national consumer groups and consumer advocate Ralph Nader Monday asked President Bush to investigate the spiraling costs of energy, which the groups said have shaken consumer confidence, inflated prices and shifted capital from the United States to</p>

OSE USING ENERGY TO PROMOTE HIS PROFILE?

March 10, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The National Journal Group Hotline</p> <p>The contrast between Senator Boxer and Congressman Ose couldn't be more clear. She was one of the first federal lawmakers to point the finger at the power companies and question their role ... while Congressman Ose was defending the federal bureaucracy a</p>

GOP Senate hopeful raises profile with energy criticism

March 8, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>A leading Senate challenger turned his congressional subcommittee into a high-profile platform to criticize Democratic officials and California's energy regulators the last two years.</p>

PUC nominee OK’d by state panel;

March 6, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Proposed chief said he accepted free SFO parking</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>"This is the guy who is president of the PUC, and he is breaking a very basic rule," Heller said. "He is showing an utter disdain for the law."</p>

PUC chief acknowledges parking free at SFO

March 5, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Michael Peevey, the state's top utility regulator, said he mistakenly violated state rules by accepting $2,134 in free parking from San Francisco International Airport last year. State rules bar officials from accepting more than $320 in gifts.</p>