Calif. Energy Panel Criticized for Crisis
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An appeals court ruled Thursday that federal energy regulators shirked their duty when they declined to order power companies to refund consumers for overcharges during
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James J. Mulva, chairman and chief executive of ConocoPhillips, spoke about his concerns that Congress and the country were not doing enough to meet the publicâs energy needs.
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At the halfway point between the West Coast energy crisis of 2001 and the next major electricity contract renewal year of 2011, a federal power marketing agency is proposing a policy change that could affect rates in the Pacific Northwest for generations and become a national model for energy development.
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California's power grid manager on Wednesday called the first "Stage 1 power emergency" of 2007 that calls for voluntary electricity conservation because of high demand linked to searingly hot weather.
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California's electric grid operator expects more than half of the generation lost early Tuesday morning to restart later in the day, allowing the state to avoid power disruption as triple-digit heat increases demand for air conditioning across the state.
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Enough Californians shut off enough appliances to keep the state's power grid manager from calling an expected power emergency on Thursday, which would have forced some businesses to cut back, state officials said.
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Watchdog Energywatch says it is time the energy industry was referred to the Competition Commission.
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A bipartisan panel of energy experts said Wednesday that regulation of climate changing pollution and improved automobile fuel efficiency must be an essential elements of the nation's energy agenda &#151; a view that clashes with the White House and many members of Congress.
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WASHINGTON - The bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy on Wednesday urged the US Congress to end a two-year stalemate and adopt a broad package of proposals addressing climate change, oil security, natural gas supplies and fuel efficiency in
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Hot weather and high air-conditioning use in California on Thursday will likely cause the state's power grid manager to call a "Stage 2 power emergency," which causes mandatory electricity use cuts to come business customers, the grid manager said.
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The auto industry says it can't meet California's proposed C02 emissions regulations and argues the state has no authority to adopt them anyway. Proponents of the tougher regulations say the industry is blowing smoke.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Saturday vetoed a bill requiring electric  utilities to develop long-range plans for meeting energy needs,  a requirement backers said would ease the spike-and-drop  pattern of California energy supply.
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A bipartisan commission that includes energy industry executives, environmentalists and academics will issue a report today that calls on the nation to adopt mandatory limits
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The probability of a U.S. economic  recession is growing and high oil prices pose a significant  problem for the world's largest energy consumer, Energy  Secretary Sam Bodman said on Thursday.
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By Ilan Greenberg  A conference convened here this week to address the fate of an ecologically threatened Central Asian water basin the size of California has ended in stalemate between the two countries most reliant on the sprawling ecosystem.
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California again urged customers to conserve power on Friday even though electricity demand for air conditioning should decline as temperatures along the coast continue to ease and many businesses shut early for the weekend.
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Several lawmakers said Thursday they would try to prevent a House energy plan that seeks to block California and other states from regulating tailpipe emissions.