Energy

A look at the dueling plans for PG&E’s future offered by the utility and state

June 3, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Pacific Gas and Electric Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2001, driven into debt in part by soaring power prices it could not recover from its customers because of a freeze on electric rates.</p>

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER HENRY DUQUE

May 31, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Platts Retail Energy</p> <p>Lawyers for California Public Utilities Commissioner Henry Duque have asked a state appellate court in San Francisco to overturn a superior court ruling that would remove him from office.</p>

Trancript RE: Enron Memos

May 23, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">TV SHOW: The Nightly Business Report</p> <p>California's biggest energy companies say that they didn't manipulate the state's power market last year. The firms are telling state officials their behavior was legal and they played according to the rules of California's electricity markets, but no</p>

Suppliers deny using Enron tactics; Power firms answer FERC questions

May 23, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Houston Chronicle</p> <p>Power suppliers have told federal regulators their behavior during the California electricity crisis was dramatically different from that of industry pariah Enron.</p>

ENERGY MARKETS: POWER FIRMS DENY USING ENRON-STYLE TRADING; SCHEMES, DESPITE SIMILARITIES

May 23, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Greenwire</p> <p>Five major power generators told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday that their energy trading practices during the California power crisis of 2000 and 2001 were not based on controversial Enron strategies, even if some actions shared "cha</p>

Energy deregulation: Is it friend or enemy?

May 16, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">USA Today</p> <p>California's electric power crisis reverberated on Capitol Hill Wednesday as attorneys for fallen energy giant Enron acknowledged deception in past electricity trading practices, and a key federal regulator vowed to make Western energy markets fair.</p>

PG&E SAYS COMMISSION REORGANIZATION PLAN CONTAINS NUMEROUS UNCERTAINTIES

May 13, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Electric Utility Week (formerly Electrical Week)</p> <p>Pacific Gas & Electric charges that the Public Utilities Commission's bankruptcy reorganization plan for PG&E contains many uncertainties, most prominently whether the agency will have the ability to change the plan after approval by a U.S. Bankruptcy Co</p>

CLOCK TICKING ON DUQUE’S TENURE AT PUC UNLESS LAWYERS CAN WIN APPEAL BY JUNE

May 13, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Electric Utility Week (formerly Electrical Week)</p> <p>California Public Utilities Commissioner Henry Duque may be out of a job within a month unless he can successfully appeal an April 30 San Francisco Superior Court decision that removed him from his post over a violation of state conflict of interest laws.</p>

A look at the dueling plans for PG&E’s future offered by the utility and the state

May 9, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Pacific Gas and Electric Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2001, driven into debt in part by soaring power prices it could not recover from its customers because of a freeze on electric rates.</p>

PG&E says Calif. PUC should detail risks of its plan

May 8, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Megawatt Daily</p> <p>Pacific Gas & Electric wants the California Public Utilities Commission to tell the bankruptcy court the risks inherent in the regulators' reorganization plan for the utility, according to a PG&E objection filed to the court.</p>

Court approves PG&E’s disclosure; alternative plan contested

May 8, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">BCD News and Comment</p> <p>Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali (N.D. Calif.) has approved the disclosure statement of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., but the utility company's biggest challenge lies in a competing alternative reorganization plan filed in April by the California Public U</p>

Reprieve for utility regulator; Duque may stay longer on PUC

May 4, 2002  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Embattled state utility commissioner Henry Duque can remain in his position for at least four more weeks, despite a judge's ruling removing him from office for investing $27,000 in a wireless telephone company his agency regulates.</p>