Energy

Nightly Business Report

December 14, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>(Partial Transcript)</h3><p class="source">Community Television Foundation of South Florida</p> <p>Well, what a difference a year makes. In California a year ago, electricity prices were soaring, supplies were dropping and the state was hit with rolling blackouts.</p>

Analysis: New calls for ‘re-regulation’

December 4, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">United Press International</p> <p>Enron's dramatic plunge into bankruptcy this week has stirred up visceral emotions over more than just the images of hundreds of employees at Enron's Houston headquarters being cashiered just in time for Christmas.</p>

DEREGULATION: The collapse of Enron

December 3, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Collapse will not halt pressure for change</h3><p class="source">Financial Times (London)</p> <p>Enron's collapse is unlikely to reverse the steady march towards a deregulated US electricity market, but it provides new ammunition for opponents who fear that consumers will get crushed by energy giants.</p>

Some feel in dark on power crisis after utility backs holiday lighting

December 2, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Fresno Bee</p> <p>One issue on the street this holiday season seems something like belief in the anti-Santa. Do you or did you believe ardently enough in the energy crisis to go without Christmas lights?</p>

Enron Gets Zapped by Its Own Greed

November 30, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>When stock of energy giant Enron fell to 36 cents per share this week from a high of $84 this year, the market finally accepted the reality that the company--a middleman whose main business was not producing or delivering power but trading it--was nev</p>

Enron Gets Zapped by Its Own Greed

November 30, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source"> <em>Los Angeles Times </em>- Op-Ed</p>

California Wary of Dynegy Bid to Buy Out Enron

November 25, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Both companies are prominent players in the state's power market. The move to combine their strength is raising some concerns.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Dynegy Inc. of Houston has been hailed as a hero on Wall Street, as it rides to deliver cross-town rival Enron Corp. from its self-inflicted ills</p>

California may have energy surplus

November 24, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Antonio Express-News</p> <p>After having to scrounge for enough electricity to keep the lights on this year, this state could find itself stuck with a big - and costly - surplus of power over the next decade, a California analysis says.</p>

Enron: The power that was

November 20, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Contra Costa Times</p> <p>The dramatic fall of Enron Corp., the Houston trading firm that pioneered and profited from increased competition in the electricity and natural gas industries, puts an additional note of discord into California's troubled experiment in deregulation.</p>

Power to the people?

November 17, 2001  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<h3>As electricity crisis eases, so does push for public ownership</h3><p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p> <p>As California slid into the electricity crisis last year, a move toward a publicly owned power system gathered steam as the solution to failed deregulation and runaway prices.</p>

Governor’s greased lighting

November 16, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Davis criticized for accepting money from power companies</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>After having sworn off campaign contributions from energy companies, Gov. Gray Davis has started taking money from power providers seeking to do business with the state.</p>

Generators Add to Davis Coffers

November 16, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>To critics' dismay, he accepts $50,000 from energy firms, saying they're not on 'gougers list.'</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Gov. Gray Davis accepted $50,000 in campaign donations from power companies in October, after having sworn off raising money from them as the energy crisis worsened earlier this year, campaign finance reports show.</p>