California
The Rey fire broke out Aug. 18, 2016, when a tree fell onto power lines and communication lines owned by Southern California Edison and Frontier, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
July 8, 2023
Business
Business: If approved by regulators, parent firms would form nation’s largest public energy provider. Their goal is to tap emerging free market for power.
Oct. 15, 1996
Crisis: Many of the companies hired to oversee $10-billion deal that will allow state to buy electricity also have done business with utilities. Officials say there is no conflict.
Feb. 22, 2001
California’s balance of electrical power shifted slightly Thursday when an Imperial County judge temporarily freed a small geothermal energy producer from its contract with Southern California Edison, allowing it to sell power on the open market.
March 23, 2001
In the debate over how deregulation has brought California’s two largest utilities to the brink of bankruptcy, one question is beginning to move to center stage: What did they do with the money?
Jan. 24, 2001
At least a dozen employees of Southern California Edison Co. manipulated customer satisfaction surveys by tricking a polling firm into calling people who would give glowing reviews -- namely, the employees themselves.
March 16, 2004
Energy: After selling some assets, the company appears to be back on track. But it says the future of its utility is in the Legislature’s hands.
July 11, 2001
After years of unsuccessfully goading hospitals to hold down price increases, Goodyear Tire & Rubber decided to take matters into its own hands: Last August, the company rolled up its sleeves and opened its own medical center to treat employees.
Sept. 23, 1985
Major corporations across the country, staggering under the burden of soaring health expenses, are experimenting with new ways of trimming the costs of the benefits they provide to their workers.
Feb. 18, 1990