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Although climate change is supposedly an “existential” crisis, the threat to existence seems to be of secondary importance, given the latest depletion of government petroleum reserves to encourage low gasoline

Proposal before the California Public Utilities Commission would lower electricity rates — but customers would also pay a flat, monthly charge each month

Proposal before the California Public Utilities Commission would lower electricity rates — but customers would also pay a flat, monthly charge each month

Proposal before the California Public Utilities Commission would lower electricity rates — but customers would also pay a flat, monthly charge each month

Proposal before the California Public Utilities Commission would lower electricity rates — but customers would also pay a flat, monthly charge each month

Coming soon: A vote on whether to establish a $24 fixed monthly charge on your utility bill. The proposal before the California Public Utilities Commission would lower electricity rates — but customers would also pay a flat, monthly charge each month

Energy Security Act promotes natural gas plant at Canadys, removes consumer protection, could raise rates like VC Summer boondoggle; critics left out of debate.

>> shannon: power is slowly being restored to millions of people sweating it out across the mid atlantic today. washington, d.c.s big utility announced it rebuilt the backbone of its infrastructure but thousands are still waiting for the ac to come back on and that could take days. more than 100,000 in virginia finally starting to cool off thanks to power crews who must be working desperately hard. close to 300,000 not so lucky yet. in west virginia 232 amtrak passengers finally on their way hom...