Energy

Power to the People– At an Affordable Rate

August 15, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>As they munch on smoked duck ravioli and Squid ink tagliolini at a chic Italian eatery tonight (8/14) hosted by the Sempra energy conglomerate, DNC officials might pause between courses to consider the plight of utility ratepayers 120 miles to the south.</p>

Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on Utility Bills

July 21, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Energy: Reacting to complaints about soaring costs in San Diego County, they plan to consider amending, delaying or killing deregulation bill</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Faced with growing public outrage over soaring utility bills in San Diego and southern Orange County, state legislators Thursday agreed to hold a hearing on whether to amend, delay or even repeal the utility deregulation bill blamed for the increases.</p>

Oxy Cashes In On Oil Price Spikes

July 20, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>In the first of a series of oil industry reports likely to rekindle consumer charges of profiteering, Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday that its profit surged to a record high</p>

Oxy Cashes In On Oil Price Spike

July 20, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Energy: Soaring Profit Reflects Run- Up In Cost Of Crude Oil From A Year Ago. Other Companies Are Expected To Report Similar Results.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>In the first of a series of oil industry reports likely to rekindle consumer charges of profiteering, Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday that its profit surged to a record high.</p>

S.D. urged to make best of a bad electric deal

July 8, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Long-term contract would lock in prices</h3><p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p> <p>The proponents of electrical deregulation in California -- who promised that open markets would bring an array of consumer choices and lower prices -- are now encouraging San Diego to contract for years with a single power provider at prices likely far hi</p>

Insurance Policyholder and Patient Association

March 30, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Q&A</h3> <p>WHAT IS AN INSURANCE POLICYHOLDER AND PATIENT ASSOCIATION? An Insurance Policyholder and Patient Association (IPPA) is a non-profit, statewide organization of insurance consumers. IPPA will advocate for fair and reasonable insurance rates and quality</p>

The High Price of Gasoline Is All About Power

March 16, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>The consistently high gasoline prices in the California have been blamed on price "spikes" caused by shortages of fuel due to California refinery outages, crude oil production cuts by the OPEC cartel and California's special clean-burning fuel.</p>

Break Oil Companies’ Hold On Gas Prices

March 16, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>The consistently high gasoline prices in the Bay Area have been blamed on price "spikes" caused by shortages of fuel due to California refinery outages, crude oil production cuts by the OPEC cartel and California's special clean-burning fuel standards.</p>

Oaks Organizer Skills

February 8, 2000  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<!-- excerpt --><p>Oaks Project volunteer organizers are trained in these political and civic skills, which are essential to effective grassroots organizing.</p>

Lynch ready to energize PUC post

January 30, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Longtime Davis ally expected to be named commission president</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Examiner</p> <p>Never one to straddle the fence, Loretta Lynch climbed over one last spring to get to an important meeting with Gov. Davis and a land developer</p>

The High Price of Advocacy

October 28, 1998  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>My problem, I began, clearly and to the point, is David Horowitz. Not Horowitz in any personal way--I barely know him--but Horowitz being a paid spokesman for No on Prop. 9, the big-budget, big utilities-driven campaign to zap the underdog California ball</p>

BP “Green” Gas Station

March 19, 1998  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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