Energy

Santa Monica, Calif.-Based Consumer Group’s Study Knocks Gas-Grade Choices

August 29, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Los Angeles Daily News</p> <p>Selling a single grade of gasoline at the pump would put a cap on incessant price spikes in California, ending refiners' ability to manipulate supplies, according to a study released Wednesday.</p>

California Consumer Group Says One Gas Grade Could Curb Prices

August 28, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Californians could save billions of dollars if oil companies were forced to offer only a single grade of gasoline, a consumer group estimated Wednesday.</p>

American Petroleum Press Release 2000 –

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Gasoline Report At Odds With Facts</h3><p class="source">Tim Hamilton - AUTO</p>

2002 FTCR Gas Pricing Study –

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The Solutions Needed To Keep Pump Prices Under $2</h3>

CA Attorney General’s Taskforce on Gasoline Pricing Report – May 2000

August 27, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Tim Hamilton - AUTO</p>

PG&E’s Creditors Side With PUC

August 23, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>State utility regulators and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. creditors announced a deal Thursday that would raise electricity rates, if necessary, to pay the company's debts and restore California's largest utility to financial health.</p>

PG&E creditors, PUC regulators make deal;

August 23, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Consumer groups divided on whether plan benefits ratepayers</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>State regulators announced an agreement Thursday with major creditors of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. that could keep the utility intact and under state regulation after bankruptcy.</p>

PG&E PLAN LOSES SUPPORT;

August 23, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>LARGE CREDITORS SIDE WITH STATE REGULATORS IN DISPUTE OVER BANKRUPTCY</h3><p class="source">The San Jose Mercury News</p> <p>Embattled PG&E Corp. lost some ground Thursday as creditors of its bankrupt utility announced they were siding with state power regulators against the corporation's plan to break up its utility and wrest it from state control.</p>

Consumers to Help Bail Out PG&E

August 23, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Consumers would pick up the costs of helping Pacific Gas and Electric Co. pay its debts under an agreement reached by California power regulators and the bankrupt utility's creditors.</p>

Regulators, PG&E Creditors OK Deal

August 22, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>California power regulators have reached a deal with creditors of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. that could force millions of customers to continue paying among the nation's highest electricity rates for years.</p>

Court won’t hear PG&E’s rate appeal

August 15, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lost another round in its attempts to impose a multibillion-dollar retroactive rate increase when the California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to step into the case.</p>

State justices reject challenge to PUC plan; Consumer group contested proposal to revamp PG&E

August 15, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>The state Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a consumer organization's challenge to state regulators' plans to bring Pacific Gas & Electric Co. out of bankruptcy.</p>