Insurance

Fact Sheet: Legislation to Let State Buy Electricity for Utility Companies – Impact on Ratepayers

February 5, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>The passage of AB1X on Thursday, February 1, is an unprecedented event in our state's history. Governor Davis and the California Legislature have placed the state, and its taxpayers, in the electricity supply business</p>

COURT ASKED TO UPHOLD ZIP CODE-BASED RATES

February 2, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Insurance Commissioner Harry Low has asked the California Supreme Court to uphold regulations that allow auto insurers to use ZIP Codes when determining rates.</p>

Ruling: Calif. Auto Insurers Can Set Rates by Region

February 1, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Best's Review</p> <p>The 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco has reversed a 1998 trial-court ruling that said insurers shouldn't base automobile insurance premiums on where car owners live and drive.</p>

LEGISLATORS NEAR VOTE ON RAISING ELECTRICITY RATES

January 30, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>WALL STREET'S VIEW OF UTILITIES IMPROVES. CHENEY IS NAMED TO HEAD TASK FORCE ON CRISIS. AUDIT FINDS THAT IN RECENT PERIOD, EDISON TRANSFERRED $4.8 BILLION TO P</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>As state lawmakers on Monday dived into the politically turbulent waters of electricity rate hikes, Wall Street threw a lifeline to California's sinking utilities, saying they appear to have survived their brush with bankruptcy and are worthy of investmen</p>

Power Player: Crisis puts consumer advocate back in spotlight

January 29, 2001  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p> Doors are opening wider now for consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield. That happens when time and circumstances turn you into a prophet.<br /> <br /> In 1997, soon after energy was deregulated in California, Rosenfield and his Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights started making noise.<br /> <br /> This is a bad idea, they said. It's corporate welfare. It leaves the public vulnerable to rip-offs and price manipulations.<br /> <br />

Mixing Profit and Policy And Stirring Concern

January 29, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The New York Times</p> <p>The chief executive responded knowingly this past week to an array of detailed business questions</p>

Net auction draws a lot of looks, no offers yet

January 24, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Bush extends for two weeks orders ensuring surplus power</h3><p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p> <p>California's attempt to beat down power prices through a huge Internet auction drew lots of cyber-lookers but no takers yesterday.</p>

Dim prospects for more help Power industry leaders are Bush allies

January 24, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Some of the same power producers who have profited handsomely from California's energy debacle are key contributors to and philosophical allies of President Bush.</p>

GOVERNOR HOPES PLAN HAS ENERGY

January 16, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Daily News of Los Angeles</p> <p>Hoping to keep California lighted, save the utilities and hold down rates, Gov. Gray Davis worked through the holiday Monday on an energy plan for state Assembly consideration today.</p>

Gone, But Not Forgotten: Edison CEO’s Statements on Deregulation

January 15, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --><p>Despite an advertising campaign to hide its role in creating California's utility deregulation fiasco, the public statements of Edison's CEO clarify the company's true role and interest in deregulation.</p>

Watchdog Irate Over Plan to Pay Regulator’s Bills

January 12, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>A consumer watchdog group said yesterday that it was outraged that the state plans to pay the legal bills for one of its top utility regulators, who faces a lawsuit to remove him from office for violating conflict-of-interest laws.</p>

Consumer group miffed at bill payments to PUC commissioner

January 11, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Associated Press</p> <p>A consumer rights group is miffed that the state is paying the legal bills of Public Utilities Commission member Henry Duque after he was sued over investments he made in a company the panel oversees.</p>