Gray Davis, California’s ever-persistent governor, last week received a response, but no commitment from FERC Chairman Patrick Wood in answer to two recent letters reinforcing Davis demands for wholesale power cost refunds and extended western wholesale electricity price caps.
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CA Gubernatorial Candidate’s Energy Firm Scrutinized
As an example of just how far the Enron effect is carrying, one of the three Republicans opposing incumbent California Gov. Gray Davis in this year’s elections drew criticism Tuesday because a small Houston-based energy firm in which he invested has ties to one of Enron’s off-balance-sheet partnerships.
CA Governor Calls for Legislative Session on October 9
With no assurance when they’ll meet, California Gov. Gray Davis last Thursday issued a proclamation reconvening the California legislature on Oct. 9 for a third special session to enact legislation to end the state’s emergency role as a power buyer and keep the state’s second largest utility, Southern California Edison Co., solvent.
CA Governor Unhappy with CPUC President, May Replace Her
California Gov. Gray Davis is unhappy with his appointed president of the state regulatory commission, and may name a new head of the five-member panel, according to a report in last Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times.
First of 10 New Peaking Plants Opens in California
Continuing his nonstop photo opportunities to flip the switches on new electric generation sources, Gov. Gray Davis Monday opened the 90 MW Larkspur Energy Project, built by InterGen and billed as the largest natural gas-fired power plant to come on-line in San Diego in more than 40 years. InterGen also signed an 11-year contract with the state for the plant’s output.
Calpine Opens Second New Power Plant in California
Another 555 MW of new generation were officially brought online in California Monday by a now familiar pair–Gov. Gray Davis and Calpine Corp.CEO/founder Peter Cartwright–bringing to 1,400 MW the total for three new plants the governor has helped launch over the past two weeks. This one is Los Medanos Energy Center in the East San Francisco Bay industrial town of Pittsburg.
FERC Refund Talks Continue;Davis Holds to $8.9B
California Gov. Gray Davis said the the state’s $8.9 billion estimate for refunds owed to its electric customers isn’t negotiable, but he will to consider alternative forms of payment other than straight cash refunds, such as the re-negotiation of long-term power contracts.
As FERC Refund Talks End, Davis Says $8.9B is Non-Negotiable
California Gov. Gray Davis said Friday the the state’s $8.9 billion estimate for refunds owed to its electric customers isn’t negotiable, but he will to consider alternative forms of payment other than straight cash refunds, such as the re-negotiation of long-term power contracts.
CA Governor Fans the Flames for Refunds
Far from the opening federal settlement hearing in Washington, DC, on potential electricity refunds, California’s Gov. Gray Davis used the bully pulpit of orchestrated media events Monday in Sacramento to drive home his contention that his state’s consumers have been “ripped off,” and they have up to $9 billion in refunds coming to them.
Davis Calls on FERC to Order Billions in Generator Refunds
Appearing on Capitol Hill yesterday, California Gov. Gray Davis argued that FERC must order power generators to refund his state billions of dollars worth of what he said were overcharges for power supplied to the state. “FERC must order these energy companies to give us back our money,” Davis told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee at a hearing looking at the role of FERC and the restructuring of energy industries.