Bill Bradley

When the Los Angeles Times called for the ouster of Governor Gray Davis’ press secretary — for buying a few hundred shares in power generator Calpine — it focused on a small story at the expense of a bigger one. Yes, Steve Maviglio bought the stock right around the time......

The weather gods have smiled on Gray Davis and California of late, granting a spate of unusually mild summer weather and an absence of blackouts. But with polls showing continuing public dissatisfaction with the state‘s handling of the ongoing electricity crisis, the political heat is still on to find a......

Last year, when he was still new in the office, Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg (D--Sherman Oaks) said he would avoid pitting consumers against business. So it‘s no particular surprise that he has been looking since January for a way to bail out the troubled Southern California Edison utility, which has......

Gray Davis has caught a few breaks lately. California‘s rattled governor saw electric-power prices blip downward earlier this month. A new federal plan may stop the most outrageous price gouging. And he has concluded a bailout deal with San Diego Gas & Electric, the smallest of the state’s big three......

Good and bad tidings loom for the nuclear-power industry in California. On the one hand, a new Field Poll suggests that 60 percent of Californians want more nuclear-power plants to help ease the energy crunch, a stunning turnaround from the populace‘s previous opposition. On the other hand, there are still......

After suffering his own personal Pearl Harbor with Pacific Gas & Electric’s surprise bankruptcy declaration last month, California‘s embattled governor is trying to fight back on several fronts. He’d better. A new Public Policy Institute poll shows energy moving from nowhere last year to the most important issue in the......

Photo by Larry Hirshowitz With a private poll showing his lead over Republican frontrunner Bill Jones slipping to 7 points, embattled Governor Gray Davis is struggling to find support for his handling of the power crisis. He has been set back by strong opposition to his proposed bailout of Southern......

A growing number of experts doubt that the numbers in Governor Gray Davis‘ plan add up. Unless he’s using magical Harry Potter money, or out-of-state power generators charge a lot less, his plan seems to fall well short of covering the state‘s needs. Now a high-ranking source says that the......

Summer approaches, and California is facing the prospect of environmental degradation. Natural-gas shortages could create a greater reliance on fuel oil, a far dirtier source, to generate electricity. A looming “power strike” -- by mostly small alternative-power companies, which use wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and cogeneration to produce one-quarter of......

Gray Davis has a credibility problem. The governor’s deal to stabilize Southern California Edison, hurriedly cut on the heels of Pacific Gas & Electric‘s bankruptcy filing, contains many items that tip it from a buyout to a bailout. His announcement that the power crisis will wind up costing taxpayers “not......