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Bailout Watch #72 – Aug 30, 2001

August 30, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians<br/> <br/> Bailout Watch #72 - Aug 30, 2001<br/> <br/> SPECIAL SACRAMENTO WAR ROOM EDITION<br/> <br/> Edison Bailout Passes Assembly Energy Committee....</strong>

Quirk in law lets regulators buy utility stocks

August 25, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>The courts cannot punish a utility commissioner for deliberately flouting state rules by buying stock in PG&E Corp., Verizon Communications or other regulated companies, a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled yesterday.</p>

Energy companies and utilities spend millions to try to sway views

August 24, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Orange County Register</p> <p>Energy companies, utilities, even the state itself have put blue-chip lobbyists on the payroll at an unprecedented rate in a struggle to wield behind-the-scenes influence during California's energy crisis.</p>

Energy firms tackle image

August 19, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Tired of being lambasted in California, out-of-state power generators are fighting back.</h3><p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>In the span of months, energy generators with headquarters outside the Golden State have gone from invisible players to public enemy No. 1.</p>

COLOR DAVIS’ ENERGY POLICY GREEN

August 17, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">LA Weekly</p> <p>When the Los Angeles Times called for the ouster of Governor Gray Davis' press secretary -- for buying a few hundred shares in power generator Calpine -- it focused on a small story at the expense of a bigger one.</p>

Dr. Hunter’s Response to the Insurance Industry’s Critique of “Why Not The Best” (8/10/01)

August 10, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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State agency files revised money needs, but no details

August 9, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Associated Press</p> <p>An administrative law judge with the Public Utilities Commission has given utilities and consumer groups until Tuesday to comment on the state's latest estimate of how much money it needs to keep buying power.</p>

BUSH REACHES PATIENTS’ RIGHTS COMPROMISE

August 2, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</p> <p>President Bush struck a deal yesterday with a key Republican lawmaker on a compromise patients' bill of rights, but the terms of the agreement threatened to destroy a bipartisan coalition</p>

Gray Davis’ Edison problem

July 31, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The governor struggles to orchestrate a multimillion-dollar bailout of the utility that has spent big bucks on his campaign.</h3><p class="source">Salon.com</p> <p>Ever since his January State of the State address, in which he dwelled on the state's power crisis but neglected to mention private utilities' central role in devising the deregulation scheme that caused it, California Gov. Gray Davis has been searching</p>

Bailout Watch #60 – Jul 25, 2001

July 25, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians<br/> <br/> Bailout Watch #60 - Jul 25, 2001</strong><br/> <br/> Last Wednesday, the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a proposed "Rate...

Kaiser Backs Union Plan to Boost Nurse Staffing Levels

July 20, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>HMO says move could cost $200 million a year. Critics charge that the firm is trying to head off new state standards.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente is throwing its support behind a union proposal to boost nurse staffing levels, a move that could cost its 28 California hospitals $120 million to $200 million annually, Kaiser officials said Thursday.</p>

2 Edison bailout bills advance in Assembly Energy

July 19, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The competing plans clear committees and may face the full chamber today.</h3><p class="source">Orange County Register</p>