California Gov. Gray Davis is focused on anything but energythis week as he sorts through 1,400 pieces of new state legislationawaiting his signature by a Sept. 30 deadline, but he is expectedto re-focus on the simmering electricity issues next month,according to aides in Sacramento, CA.
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CA Governor Names New CPUC President
Exercising a new prerogative created by a state law passed lastyear, California Gov. Gray Davis last week named one of his closeadvisers and newest regulators, attorney Loretta Lynch, to bepresident of the five-member California Public UtilitiesCommission, which oversees the restructuring of the energyindustries, along with telecommunications, water, trucking andpublic transportation.
CA Governor Names New CPUC President
Exercising a new prerogative created by a state law passed lastyear, California Gov. Gray Davis this week named one of his closeadvisers and newest regulators, attorney Loretta Lynch, to bepresident of the five-member California Public UtilitiesCommission, which oversees the restructuring of the energyindustries, along with telecommunications, water, trucking andpublic transportation.
New CA Budget De-emphasizes Energy
California Gov. Gray Davis’ $68 billion fiscal 2001 budgetproposal unveiled this week includes little or no emphasis onenergy issues, although some of the stated concerns about”infrastructure” may spill over into reliability issues in the gasand electricity transmission/distribution industries. For energyindustry observers there are mostly unanswered questions, includingpeople within state government.
New CPUC Commissioner Wants Out
With barely six months under his belt in a six-year appointment,one of California Gov. Gray Davis’ two new state regulatorycommissioners, Joel Hyatt, announced this week that he will resignin January to be replaced by a current top-level Davis cabinetmember, Loretta Lynch, 37, an attorney who heads Davis’planning/research office in Sacramento.
California Sues Interior Over Offshore Leases
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) is being sued byCalifornia Gov. Gray Davis, the California Coastal Commission andthe state attorney general’s office for granting extensions on 36offshore oil and gas leases. The extentions were granted two weeksago by DOI Secretary Bruce Babbitt.
California Sues Interior Over Offshore Leases
California Gov. Gray Davis has joined the California CoastalCommission and the state attorney general’s office in a lawsuitagainst the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) to block extensionsDOI Secretary Bruce Babbitt granted last week on 36 undeveloped oiland gas leases offshore.
CA Governor Signs Law to Restrict Unbundling
California Gov. Gray Davis has signed a bill severely limitingthe future of retail gas unbundling in the state, keeping it on aseparate, more restricted track than electricity. AB 1421 replacesa one-year ban on further gas unbundling passed last year by thestate legislature. The measure was strongly backed byinvestor-owned utilities and utility unions.
CA Governor Signs Law to Restrict Unbundling
California Gov. Gray Davis has signed a bill severely limitingthe future of retail gas unbundling in the state, keeping it on aseparate, more restricted track than electricity. AB 1421 replacesa one-year ban on further gas unbundling passed last year by thestate legislature. The measure was strongly backed byinvestor-owned utilities and utility unions (see Daily GPI, Sept.13).