PG&E Bombshell Leaves Customers Grumpy, Cynical
<h3>Rates expected to soar, blackouts to proliferate</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>Your lights are still on.</p>
Energy
Crisis out of politicians’ hands But some think PG&E move could bring order to a chaotic process.
<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p>
<p>With the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s fate in the hands of a federal bankruptcy judge, state officials acknowledged Friday they have largely lost what power they had over the ultimate outcome of California's energy crisis.</p>
California’s largest utility files for bankruptcy
<p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p>
<p>Pacific Gas & Electric Co. filed for bankruptcy Friday, rejecting the governor's desperate attempts to stabilize California's power supply and throwing the contentious issue of electricity rates into the hands of a little-known federal judge.</p>
California’s largest utility files for bankruptcy
<p class="source">Contra Costa Times</p>
<p>California's 11-month-old electricity crisis took a dramatic turn Friday when the venerable Pacific Gas & Electric Co. unexpectedly filed for bankruptcy, stunning state officials, consumers and investors.</p>
California utility files for bankruptcy
<p class="source">Agence France Presse</p>
<p>Frustrated with stalled negotiations with California state officials to stop financial hemorrhaging, Pacific Gas and Electric Company filed Friday for bankruptcy protection.</p>
Bankrupt PG&E files for protection
<h3>CHAPTER 11: Gov. Davis says action complicates negotiations with Edison.</h3><p class="source">Ventura County Star</p>
<p>Pacific Gas and Electric, which delivers power to 13 million users in Northern California, filed for bankruptcy Friday, turning its back on Gov. Gray Davis and abandoning hopes for a negotiated resolution to the state's energy crisis.</p>
What people are saying about utility’s bankruptcy filing
<p class="source">The Associated Press</p>
<p>Here's what lawmakers, residents and others said Friday about Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s bankruptcy filing:</p>
Power crisis divides Calif. congressional delegation
<p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p>
<p>Back in 1997, as California's experiment with electricity deregulation was about to get under way, the state's entire House delegation signed a letter assuring congressional leaders that the plan would ''provide tremendous benefits to the citizens</p>
Reaction Mixed on PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Announcement
<p class="source">City News Service</p>
<p>PG&E's announcement today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection was derided by the mayor of Los Angeles and a Santa Monica public watchdog group -- and questioned by a PUC commissioner.</p>
Ratepayers, consumer advocates, power suppliers score Davis’ speech
<p class="source">The Associated Press</p>
<p>Ratepayers and consumer advocates found themselves in rare agreement Thursday with big power companies on at least one segment of California's energy crisis</p>
In California, Reversal on Energy Rates
<p class="source">The New York Times</p>
<p>Bowing to the inevitable, Gov. Gray Davis of California tonight dropped his longstanding opposition to higher electricity rates</p>
Governor proposes rate hike; Some S. D. County homes exempt but others could see bills rise average 27%
<p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>Gov. Gray Davis dropped his opposition to an electricity rate hike yesterday and proposed an increase -- exempting San Diego County residences that use relatively little power and upping the monthly bill for others by an average of 27 percent.</p>