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PG&E: A Utility Struggles to Adapt to the Information Age Pacific Gas and Electric Company may be an ancient dinosaur, but one of its problems is too much technology. That is, too many scattered information technology systems that don't talk to one another.  |
Salon.com April 7, 2001 Anthony York |
Bruce Brugmann's moment of glory California's energy crisis is a long-awaited vindication for the feisty publisher of the San Francisco Bay Guardian...  |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2004 Jim Mueller |
PG&E's Dividend At first glance, Pacific Gas & Electric seems to be using debt to finance its recently announced dividend. Say it isn't so! But don't jump to conclusions. Consumers and shareholders win on this deal.  |
Salon.com January 30, 2001 Anthony York |
The deregulation debacle Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone...  |
BusinessWeek March 20, 2008 Steve Hamm |
PG&E Wants Less of Your Business The California utility is working on ways to help companies use less power in their data centers.  |
Fast Company September 2008 Anya Kamenetz |
Paul Fenn Takes on PG&E Activist-turned-entrepreneur Paul Fenn's effort to bring affordable sustainable energy to California could be revolutionary -- and electricity giant PG&E isn't happy about it at all.  |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
PG&E: A Safe Cleantech Play? The West Coast utility company is involved in a variety of renewable energy projects that could make it a legitimate cleantech investment.  |
Salon.com February 14, 2001 Anthony York |
Energy vultures California's electricity crisis could have been avoided if profiteering power-generating companies hadn't blocked further deregulation....  |
The Motley Fool December 13, 2010 Jeremy Phillips |
Time to Sell PG&E? PG&E is having no trouble maintaining its gross margin, which tends to dictate a company's overall profitability. This is solid news; however, PG&E investors need to keep an eye on this over the coming quarters.  |
BusinessWeek June 4, 2007 Aaron Pressman |
New Spark In Utility Stocks Why the once-staid utility sector is generating breathtaking returns.  |
BusinessWeek September 16, 2010 Galante & Chediak |
Smart Meters May Not Be So Clever A consumer backlash is slowing rollouts of new electric meters  |
Reason October 2001 Sara Rimensnyder |
Source There's been one big winner in California's much-reviled, phony electricity deregulation plan: Los Angeles' publicly owned Department of Water and Power...  |
Salon.com January 18, 2001 Damien Cave |
Green power in the red Electricity deregulation is bankrupting California's fledgling eco-friendly energy industry...  |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Clean Energy Cleans Up Pacific Gas & Electric creates a $30 million investment fund for renewable sources. As more VCs join the party more money will flow in, creating a sturdy industry that could grow to be worth billions.  |
CFO February 1, 2005 Tim Reason |
Keeping Skin in the Game Joining a bankrupt customer's creditors committee may preserve its viability -- and your assets.  |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
How Safe Is Your Broker? Shares of the online discount broker E*Trade take a 50% tumble after an analyst's bearish warning on the company.  |
InternetNews August 15, 2006 David Needle |
Sun Rebates Courtesy of California Utility PG&E certifies rebates for certain server models.  |
Salon.com January 27, 2001 Arianna Huffington |
Gov. Davis and the failure of power California's energy crisis is another lesson in the need for campaign finance reform...  |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
3 Bankruptcies That Actually Helped Investors Some bankrupt companies made good investments. Take a look at: Conseco... Delta Airlines... UAL Corp. ...  |
Salon.com June 19, 2001 Joe Conason |
Take it public The failure of energy deregulation should make us reconsider blind faith in the market -- and take a second look at public power systems like the one that lights up Hollywood...  |
Reason June 2001 Michael W. Lynch & Adrian Moore |
Power Tripped Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State...  |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
This Trend Could Destroy Your Savings New laws haven't stemmed the tide of bankruptcies.  |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Can Bankrupt Stocks Make You Rich? Dynegy proves the exception to the rule.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Rich Smith |
Like Kryptonite for Super Bankers AS&E makes Wall Street look small-f foolish. Yesterday, American Science & Engineering gave investors an object lesson in Wall Street "analysis."  |
Financial Advisor February 2005 Marla Brill |
Power Up Utility funds shined in 2004, but rising interest rates could slow them down.  |
Entrepreneur January 2004 Jane Easter Bahls |
Against Your Will Is your business drowning in debt? If so, you should know about a legal maneuver creditors can use to force your business into bankruptcy.  |
CFO March 1, 2003 Kris Frieswick |
Separate but Liable Companies have walled off valuable assets in subsidiaries for decades. Are those walls starting to crack?  |
Inc. June 2004 Adam Hanft |
Grist: Why Bankruptcy is Bad for Business What happens if a small business needs to seek bankruptcy protection? The current laws counterintuitively favor large bankruptcies. It's time to address this lopsided situation  |
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
PG&E Plugs a Problem Pacific Gas & Electric shows how a new hybrid car could also power homes and businesses. Investors, this is a trend to watch.  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 John E. Besant-Jones & Bernard Tenenbaum |
Lessons from California's Power Crisis Clearly, what happened in California was not what was planned. It is not surprising that policymakers around the world are now asking questions...  |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Rich Duprey |
Maybe the Smart Grid Is Dumb Regulators are forcing utilities that invested in the technology to wear a dunce cap.  |
CIO September 14, 2008 Abbie Lundberg |
Knowing Things Need to Change is Only Half the Battle New ideas are all well and good. But do you have a plan?  |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2010 Russ Krull |
Power Up Your Payout Searching for yield? Utility companies could provide the jolt you seek.  |
CIO September 1, 2005 Allan Holmes |
What's Shakin'? A service launched by the U.S. Geological Survey provides companies with real-time earthquake data that they can use to make disaster recovery decisions more quickly and corral the costs of future earthquake damage.  |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Toby Shute |
Space-Based Solar? That's Just Silly One small step by PG&E, one giant leap of faith in unproven technology.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
How Your Stocks Can Get Wiped Out Are you considering investing in a company in or near bankruptcy? Think twice.  |
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Michael Orey |
Enron's Last Mystery Was Enron's law firm, Vinson & Elkins, as blind to the company's shenanigans as it maintains? Internal messages suggest the firm doubted the legitimacy of some of Enron's business practices.  |
CFO March 1, 2007 Russ Banham |
Restructuring Redux? Thanks to the availability of cash, the options for bankrupt companies -- and their advisers -- abound.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Why E*TRADE Struggled in 2011 The company's 2012 looks to be brighter.  |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why You Should Love Homeowner Defaults Overall, experience has shown that leniency in bankruptcy does more good than harm for society as a whole.  |
Inc. November 1, 2000 Emily Barker |
Upstarts: Energy Deregulation Where do you buy your electricity? If you don't have a choice now, you will soon...  |
CIO May 15, 2003 Michael Schrage |
The Voodoo Economics Behind Utility Computing Before you sign up for pay-as-you-go, you need to understand how utilities can manipulate and hide the true costs of plugging in.  |
Salon.com April 7, 2001 Cary Tennis |
Why I relish the PG&E power fiasco Of course we kept the lights on! That misguided monolith gave us no incentive not to...  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Bye-Bye, Bankruptcy? Expect to have a tougher time declaring bankruptcy soon. If you're deep in debt, learn more about the new rules.  |