MORE ON: natural gas

Daily Report: General Assignment

Prepaid utility programs put consumers at risk, report finds

June 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
As state regulators consider a proposal from San Diego Gas & Electric Co. for a program that would allow customers to prepay their utility bills, a new report suggests that prepaid utility service programs risk the health and safety of low- and moderate-income households. Prepayment... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Analyst: PUC safety jobs left vacant despite oversight concerns

April 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
Despite concerns about safety and oversight after the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline blast, the California Public Utilities Commission has 135 vacant positions, including many in the consumer safety division, according to the state legislative analyst. The utilities commission, which faced... + read more
Big Oil study promotes massive electric car fleet.
Daily Report: Environment

Big Oil funds study that supports electric cars? What's the catch?

September 29, 2010, 12:05 AM
Texas researchers say that renewable energy quotas in the United States will not affect oil use very much in the United States. The Rice University studies were funded by major oil companies and polluters, including ConocoPhillips, Koch Supply and Trading, BP and ExxonMobil. Here... + read more
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