May 2001
California Energy Crisis Update.
PG&E on May 18 petitioned the bankruptcy court for permission to assume its collective bargaining agreements, in essence asking the court to allow the company to make all necessary payments relating to its union contracts...May 22, 2001.
California Energy Crisis Update.
Federal Judge Dennis Montali, who is overseeing the PG&E bankruptcy case, ruled May 18 that the authority to set rates belongs to state regulators...May 21, 2001.
California Energy Crisis Update.
California could lose more than 40% of the power it has lined up in long-term contracts because Republican lawmakers delayed the bond sale needed to pay for the power....May 18, 2001.
IBEW International President Edwin D. Hill Statement on Release of President Bushs Energy Policy.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) hopes that the Bush Administrations new energy policy will launch a thorough national debate on the worsening energy problems facing America....May 17, 2001.
Rail Labor Praises House Committee Action on Railroad Retirement.
The following statement was issued today by Edward Dubroski, Chair of the Rail Labor Division of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in response to today's House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee action to approve H.R. 1140, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001....May 16, 2001.
Report Suggests Nation's Overworked Electricity Network Will Leave Some in Dark this Summer.
The coming hot months will bring more blackouts to California, less reliability in the Northeast and continued stress on an inadequate electricity system, a report released today by the North American Electric Reliability Council warned....May 15, 2001.
California Energy Crisis Update.
Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill May 10 that allows the state to sell a record-setting $13.4 billion revenue bond package to finance past and future electricity purchases...May 14, 2001.
California Energy Crisis Update.
Market manipulation of a key pipeline cluster at the California-Arizona border forced power buyers in the state to pay as much as $3.8 billion more than they should have for natural gas over the past year...May 10, 2001.
San Diego Local Urging Generator Use to Lighten Electricity Load.
As Californians adjust to the notion of several months of periodic blackouts that strike without warning, the IBEW is joining the push to take advantage of standby generator power....May 9, 2001.
California Energy Crisis Update.
California Rep. Elton Gallegly (R) in a break with the Bush administration, has called on the federal government to impose an immediate cap on wholesale power rates....May 9, 2001.
IBEW Hits California Airwaves to Support Gov. Gray Davis.
In the hills above Southern California's Serrano substation-a vital link in the West Coast's electricity grid-stands Local 47 Business Manager Patrick Lavin...May 8, 2001.
Cheney: Increasing Energy Supply Vital.
In anticipation of a possible national energy crunch, Vice President Richard Cheney has signaled the Administration's apparent support for new power generators and increased energy exploration....May 2, 2001.
California Energy Crisis Update.
The California Public Utilities Commission urged a federal bankruptcy judge on April 30 not to sever the commission's regulatory control of PG&E. PG&E has petitioned the Bankruptcy Court...May 2, 2001.
IBEW Key to South Pole Rescue.
The whole world was impressed with the rescue of a critically ill doctor from the South Pole on April 26, 2001. Two IBEW brothers, working at the Pole on a special assignment, played a big role in that dramatic mission. Below is a first hand account from Brother Aaron Coy of Local 48, Portland, Oregon....May 1, 2001.
IBEW Walks for the March of Dimes.
Premature babies so small their tiny lungs have to fight for every breathits more common than one would expect for an advanced nation like the United States....May 1, 2001. |
