Insurance

LOW-INCOME INSURANCE PROGRAM TESTED ON WEST COAST

February 5, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Chicago Tribune</p> <p>California is experimenting with a plan to reduce the number of uninsured motorists by lowering premiums in Los Angeles and San Francisco.</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>