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Three New Alternates to PG&E?CPUC Staff Deal Added to Mix
With the release of a trio of alternate orders on PG&E's proposed bankruptcy pact with California Public Utilities Commission staff,...
PG&E Competes with Irrigation Districts on Noncommodity Costs
Irrigation districts are not sweating PG&E's ability to offer discount rates to potential customers.
CPUC Handing Utilities Financial Latitude
Several decisions handed down by state regulators this week indicate that investor-owned utilities are regaining financial say-so as California's energy...
PG&E Vows to Renege if Regulators Accept Bankruptcy Alternative
Should state regulators embrace a consumer group plan to finance PG&E's rise from bankruptcy?a move that some say could save...
PG&E Ring-Fencing May Prevent State from Going After $5 Billion
A state attempt to recoup $5 billion thought to be funneled from Pacific Gas & Electric to its parent company...
PG&E Questions Calpine?s Pipeline End-Run
If PG&E gets its way, Calpine will have to pay to transport gas to the generator's power plants?even though the...
SMUD Wants PG&E?s Transmission Deal Renewed
A decades-old transmission agreement between PG&E and SMUD could expire in 2005 if federal regulators don't approve an extension of...
ORA Trims $600 Million Off PG&E’s 2003 Spending
State regulators shaved more than half a billion dollars off Pacific Gas & Electric's power procurement cost forecast, which now...
Proposed PG&E Bankruptcy Plan Hashed Out in Three Venues
State regulators this week took up the proposed bankruptcy settlement between PG&E and the staff of the California Public Utilities...
Proposed Annexation of Tiny Parcel May be Test Case for Utilities? Tug of War
What may appear to be an unassuming plot of land near Sacramento could become the centerpiece of a power struggle...
State Senate Passes Resolution on PG&E Bankruptcy Financing
A new resolution passed by the state legislature urges regulators to mull alternative ways to finance PG&E's rise from financial...
Commissioner Confronts PG&E Bankruptcy Gag Order
If CPUC member Carl Wood has his way, the federal gag order in PG&E's bankruptcy case would be lifted.
Group Seeks to Eliminate Conflicts of Interest on Nuclear Safety Committee
Proposals to disband or reconstitute the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor safety committee are now pending before state utility regulators.
PG&E Agrees to Nonprofit Corp. Overseeing Rural Lands
Pacific Gas & Electric?s vast land holdings could be governed by a new nonprofit organization whose members include environmental and...
Disputed Decommissioning Funding Okayed by CPUC
PG&E won approval from state regulators this week for $65 million in funding to decommission the Hunters Point power plant.
Regulators Approve SF Transmission Upgrade, Debate EMF and Public Access
The CPUC gave its approval this week for PG&E's planned $20 million upgrade of a power line running from San...
Father Time Presides at PG&E Federal Court Bankruptcy Case
Federal judge Dennis Montali this week declined to put time limits on the grilling of witnesses by the cities? and...
Whistleblower Alleges PG&E Proposed Dry Casks Slipshod
Spent fuel storage casks proposed by Pacific Gas & Electric for use at its Diablo Canyon and Humboldt Bay nuclear...
TURN and ORA Push to Lower Cost of PG&E Bankruptcy Deal
Consumer advocates urged the California Public Utilities Commission to rework the proposed bankruptcy settlement reached between Pacific Gas & Electric...
The Hearings are Alive with the Sound of Music
Covering hours-long hearings at the legislature or regulatory bodies has occasionally invoked memories of my law school days?and not the...