For a populist moment, Davis seized the day — then let it go
<p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>For one brief moment, California wasn't governed by a bland, cautious politician.</p>
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A Fable That Outdoes Aesop for Folly
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>The best analogy about California's electricity deregulation comes from Richie Ross, a political consultant.</p>
Utilities Scramble To Persuade Public Of Need For Rate Hikes
<h3>Energy: Edison And PG&E Mount Multi-Pronged Efforts. Trade Group Airs Ad Featuring A Consumer Advocate.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>Horowitz, the "Fight Back" man, was implying that consumers should be battling consumer advocates--his buddies, you might assume--and not the big electric utilities.</p>
GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS OFFERS BOND PROPOSAL THAT MAY RESOLVE CALIFORNIA’S ENERGY CRISIS
<p class="source">NPR WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED</p>
<p>In California, they're hoping to make it through the weekend without more rolling blackouts. Energy reserves are again at a critical low</p>
DAVIS HINTS AT CHANCE OF HIGHER RATES; LEADERS AGREE ON CRISIS PLAN
<h3>BIPARTISAN PROPOSAL CALLS FOR A STATE POWER AUTHORITY AND A TAXPAYER STAKE IN OWNERSHIP OF UTILITIES.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>Gov. Gray Davis for the first time Friday backed off his insistence that rate hikes would not be part of any solution to California's energy crisis</p>
As lawmakers plug power holes, consumer groups decry ‘bailout’
<p class="source">CNN.com</p>
<p>As California lawmakers work over the weekend to solve the state's power crisis, consumer advocates are calling a proposed stock option plan designed to help the failing power utilities "highway robbery."</p>
State looks at ‘investing’ in 2 utilities
<h3>PG&E files lawsuit against rate limits</h3><p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p>
<p>Seeking to eliminate the back-breaking debt California's two major utilities have accumulated, state officials Thursday began crafting a plan to gradually bail them out, perhaps in exchange for stock in the teetering companies.</p>
CALIFORNIA CONSUMER GROUPS ANGERED OVER ALLEGED PLAN TO MAKE RATEPAYERS OR TAXPAYERS FOOT THE BILL FOR THE SOLUTION
<p class="source">MARKETPLACE</p>
<p>Yes, California spent its 11th straight day on high alert for possible rolling blackouts, but this day was different.</p>
WALL STREET FIRM’S WEB SITE CALLS BLACKOUTS A TACTIC TO RAISE RATES
<h3>INTERNET COMMENTARY SAYS THREAT OF 'THE UNTHINKABLE' WILL GET POLITICIANS TO ACT -- THE SAME COMPANY IS PROVIDING ADVISORS TO HELP HERTZBERG CRAFT SOLUTIONS</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>The same Wall Street firm that is advising Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg on solutions to the energy crisis stated on its Web site that the blackouts plaguing California are a tactic "likely intended to soften up the Legislature and the voters.</p>
Energy-starved California crafts relief plan
<p class="source">The Associated Press</p>
<p>Lawmakers are considering a plan under which California would issue bonds to cover the multibillion-dollar debts of its two biggest electric utilities and make customers pay the money back over a decade.</p>
NOW, CONSERVATION’S NAME OF POWER GAME
<p class="source">The Daily News of Los Angeles</p>
<p>As California officials struggle to find a solution to the crippling power crisis, criticism has increasingly focused on tepid efforts to push conservation measures - the only short-term way to deal with energy shortages.</p>
Legislature, Davis Take Emergency Measures
<p class="source">THE ELECTRICITY DAILY</p>
<p>After several days of deafening silence, California Gov. Gray Davis last week declared a state of emergency to allow California to buy electricity to pump into the under-supplied grid.</p>