American Petroleum Press Release 2000 –
<h3>Gasoline Report At Odds With Facts</h3><p class="source">Tim Hamilton - AUTO</p>
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2002 FTCR Gas Pricing Study –
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PG&E’s Creditors Side With PUC
<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;
<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;
<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
<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
<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>
State justices reject challenge to PUC plan; Consumer group contested proposal to revamp PG&E
<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>
Court won’t hear PG&E’s rate appeal
<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>
FERC finds evidence of energy price manipulation in California
<p class="source">Minnesota Public Radio - Marketplace AM Report</p>
<p>Federal energy regulators are out with a report on what looks a lot like manipulation of prices during that little energy crisis we had out here in California, oh, 18 or so months ago. Jason Lopez reports from San Francisco.</p>
Power Plants Put on Hold;
<h3>Lower demand, changing circumstances have companies pulling back from crisis plans.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>Power companies have delayed or canceled more than half the new plants proposed during California's energy crisis, citing lower demand, falling electricity prices, Wall Street's reluctance to finance projects and stifling regulations.</p>
Power supplier says deal at hand; Williams hails tentative pact in contract dispute
<p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>One of the largest providers of electricity to California during the electricity crisis said yesterday it reached a tentative agreement to resolve a thicket of crisis-related legal disputes and rework its controversial long-term power contract with the st</p>