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“DTE Utility Deal Braves High Costs”
Asset Backed Alert, October 20, 2023
“Utility Bills Rise as Americans Pay Off Storm-Recovery Costs for Decades to Come”
The Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2022
“Recovery bond market set for issuance ‘waterfall’ – IFR News”
Refinitive - IFR (International Finance Review), May 6, 2022
“Congress Should Suspend Payroll Taxes, Reduce Long-Term Unemployment”
Business Insider, July 18, 2021
“PG&E: largest utility ABS ever wins approval”
International Finance Review, May 7, 2021
“Possible hundreds of billions in US power plant securitizations spur ratepayer protection debate”
Utility Dive, February 22, 2021
“Investors Leap on Rare Utility Recovery Bond ”
Bloomberg, February 19, 2021
“PG&E Touts Biggest Ratepayer Bond in U.S. History”
California Current, November 24, 2020
“CPUC Judge Adds Ratepayer Protections to $337M SCE Bond”
California Current, October 20, 2020
“CPUC, Not SCE, Calls Shots on Ratepayer Bonds, Lawmaker Says”
California Current, October 1, 2020
“Traditional Ways of Paying for Fires, Floods Aren’t Cutting It: Utility companies are facing climate change-related costs so high they can no longer pass them directly to customers”
Bloomberg News, February 11, 2020
“Saber Partners’ CEO Joseph Fichera Speaks at Society of Utility Regulatory Financial Analyst Conference”
Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts, April 5, 2019
“Coal Plant Closure Bonds Gain Steam With Shift In Power Mix”
Law 360, March 13, 2019
“New Mexico Lawmakers Mull Securitization to Hasten Coal-Fired Plant Closures; Saber Partners Discusses “Best Practices” with Regulators”
California Energy Markets, February 15, 2019
“National Regulatory Research Institute Publishes “Insights” Article on Utility Securitization By Saber CEO, Joseph Fichera”
National Regulatory Research Institute, January 7, 2019
“PGE Proposes New Use of Securitization Based on Saber Analysis”
June 9, 2018
“California Customer Choice Advocates, IOUs face off on departing load charge”
Differing proposals send the fate of California's customer choice movement to regulators, April 23, 2018
“National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Honors Saber CEO Joseph Fichera with Special Achievement Award in Finance; Presentation to More than 800 at New York Gala”
National Italian American Foundation, April 10, 2018
“Saber Provides Detailed, Expert Testimony on Utility Securitization in California Public Utility Commission Proceeding on Community Choice and Exit Fees”
California Community Choice Association, April 2, 2018
“Colorado Opens Door to Utility-Fee Deals”
Asset-Backed Alert, April 21, 2017
“Why This Florida Regulator is Crying Foul Over Two Letters”
Asset Securitization Report, October 13, 2016
“Florida Utility Regulator Files Complaints with EU Over Structured Finance Ratings”
Asset Securitization Report, October 5, 2016
“Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s rate burden to face renewed scrutiny”
DebtWire, August 19, 2016
“Duke Energy Bond Chooses Corp. Bond Audience Over ABS”
Bloomberg News, June 28, 2016
“Nuclear Asset-Recovery Bonds Issued for Duke Energy Florida LLC”
Citrus Times, June 22, 2016
“Duke’s Utility Fee Securitization Sets Important Precedent”
Asset Securitization Report, June 21, 2016
“Duke Energy Florida customers will see a new charge on their bill starting in July”
Tampa Bay Times, June 16, 2016
“Duke’s Utility Fee Securitization Sets Important Precedent”
Asset Securitization Report, June 1, 2016
“Utility Securitization Bills Advance in Florida”
The Bond Buyer, March 2, 2016
“Funding Sought for Nuclear-Plant Shutdowns”
Asset-Backed Alert, September 25, 2015
“Martin O’Malley’s Message for Bankers: Pull Over!”
Bloomberg News, July 10, 2015
“SEC Commissioner Stein Says Overlooking Bank Criminal Activity Will Lead To Further Criminal Activity”
ValueWalk, May 22, 2015
“Florida Bill Would Let Municipal Utilities Securitize Customer Charges”
The Bond Buyer, April 15, 2015
“Risky CPS debt raises questions about SEC protections for governments”
Chicago Tribune, December 26, 2014
“Good Medicine for Bad Bankers”
The Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2014
“Wall Street needs a lesson from the DMV”
Washington Post, December 2, 2014
“Make the SEC like the DMV”
The Week Magazine, November 21, 2014
“Banks Kept CPS in Shaky Bond Market”
Chicago Tribune, November 10, 2014
“Window Closing to Challenge Wall Street Over Swaps”
Bloomberg News, July 25, 2014
“Investors Pay More for Munis than Dealers, MSRB Report Shows”
The Bond Buyer, July 15, 2014
“Window Closing to Challenge Wall Street Over Swaps: Muni Credit”
Bloomberg News, June 24, 2014
“Alabama Utility Shows How to Win Back Bank Swap Fee: Muni Credit”
Bloomberg News, June 9, 2014
“Appalachian Power prices USD 380.3m utility ABS; tranches in line with, tight of talk”
DebtWire, November 7, 2013
“FirstEnergy Tests Market Appetite for Utility ABS”
Asset Securitization Report, June 12, 2013
“Money Funds, Grocer Blowback, SEC-Fed Turf: Compliance”
Bloomberg News, May 13, 2013
“Denver Pays Wall Street $216 Million as Swaps Fail: Muni Credit”
Bloomberg News, May 10, 2013
“Ex-Jefferies Arrest Shows Market Lacking Transparency: Mortgages”
Bloomberg News, January 31, 2013
“Auction-Rate Costing Local Taxpayers $9.6 Billion: Muni Credit”
Bloomberg News, December 14, 2012
“Clean Up: Financing the Retirement and Remediation of Coal-fired Power Plants”
Structured Finance News, December 11, 2012
“MSRB Changes Bid-to-Cover Ratios”
The Bond Buyer, December 10, 2012
“Municipal-Bond Regulator to Change Auction Rate Securities Data”
Bloomberg News, November 28, 2012
“MSRB to Change ARS Data As Urged by Advisor”
The Bond Buyer, November 28, 2012
“Municipal-Bond Regulator to Change Auction Rate Securities Data”
Bloomberg News, November 28, 2012
“Transparency Left Gray in FINRA Mortgage Trading”
Bloomberg News, October 25, 2012
“Analysis: After House bill, some fear holes in muni protections”
Reuters, October 19, 2012
“Saber Partners Calls on Municipal Market Regulator to Correct Disclosure on its Auction Rate Securities (ARS) Web Site”
MSRB, June 25, 2012
“Pricing Issues For Utility ABS”
Asset Securitization Report, April 1, 2012
“American Electric Borrows $800 Million to Recover Stranded Costs”
Bloomberg News, March 13, 2012
“Consumer Rates Climb After Deregulation Goldman Sachs Funded”
Bloomberg News, February 23, 2012
“FINRA Orders Morgan Keegan to Pay Investor for ARS”
The Bond Buyer, February 22, 2012
“FINRA Arb Panel Orders Morgan Keegan to Pay Investor for ARS”
The Bond Buyer, February 21, 2012
“Senate Panel Rewrites Electric Securitization Bill, To Consider Additional Changes”
Gongwer Report, November 30, 2011
“SENATE ENERGY & PUBLIC UTILITIES”
Hannah Report, November 30, 2011
“Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee”
Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee, November 30, 2011
“Ohio Houses of Representatives Public Utilities Committee”
Ohio Houses of Representatives Public Utilities Committee, November 30, 2011
“Governments Using Swaps Emulate Subprime Victims of Wall Street”
Bloomberg News, November 14, 2011
“As Italian Drama Persists, Fears of Credit Crunch Spread to Small Businesses”
Daily Finance, November 10, 2011
“Muniball: Michael Lewis Takes a Swing At Municipal Bonds”
Forbes, September 29, 2011
“Utility-Fee Deal Studied in Kentucky”
Asset-Backed Alert, September 23, 2011
“How Low Can Interest Rates Go? Bernanke Says: Let’s Twist”
Daily Finance, September 21, 2011
“Finance, etc.: Denver Public Schools’ bond deal a case study for seminar”
Denver Business Journal, September 16, 2011
“Alabama County Nears $3.14 Billion Settlement, Avoids Historic Muni Bankruptcy”
Daily Finance, September 16, 2011
“SEC Sues Brokerage For Fraud in Wisconsin School District Deals — Two Years Late”
The Huffington Post, August 11, 2011
“U.S. Appeals Court Weighs ARS Case”
The Bond Buyer, July 21, 2011
“Some States Cut Back Financial Incentives for Hollywood Productions, While Others Look to Pick Up Slack”
Fox News, April 10, 2011
“Long-term ratepayer obligation charge of rate reduction bonds may provide answers”
Intelligent Utility magazine, March 1, 2011
“Experts Advise Expanded Use of Securitization by Utilities to Finance Range of Cost Recovery”
Electric Utility Week, February 21, 2011
“Water-Fee Bonds Enter Pipeline”
Asset-Backed Alert, February 4, 2011
“DPS Says No to Former Governor of Federal Reserve”
The Huffington Post, February 4, 2011
“Citigroup, Hawaii End Dispute Over Auction-Rate Bonds”
Bloomberg News, November 24, 2010
“Basel May Cut Investments For Money Market Funds”
American Banker, September 24, 2010
“Basel May Be Threat to Money Funds”
The Bond Buyer, September 23, 2010
“Exotic Deals Put Denver Schools Deeper in Debt”
The New York Times, August 5, 2010
“MSRB Files Change on ARS, VRDO Transparency”
The Bond Buyer, July 12, 2010
“For MSRB, From Many to One”
The Bond Buyer, July 7, 2010
“Boards Should Serve as Partner to Management, Panel Says Fichera, Rosenblum Discuss Corporate Board Independence”
Bloomberg News, June 15, 2010
“Municipal Auction Disclosure Hampered, Adviser Says”
Bloomberg News, April 15, 2010
“Louisiana Lawmakers Eye Bill to Allow Securitization Bonds”
Platts, Electric Power Daily, March 30, 2010
“MSRB Set to Move on SHORT System”
The Bond Buyer, March 10, 2010
“The Swaps That Swallowed Your Town”
The New York Times, March 5, 2010
“States Planning to Review ARS Buy-Backs”
The Bond Buyer, January 26, 2010
“Pollution Bonds Signal Funding for $50 Billion Utility Cleanup”
Bloomberg News, December 16, 2009
“Agency Seeks ARS Exchange”
The Bond Buyer, November 16, 2009
“Fichera Proposes Independent Staff for Corporate Boards: Discusses Reforms for Municipal Market”
Bloomberg News, November 13, 2009
“Securitizing Green Investments”
Public Utilities Fortnightly, October 7, 2009
“Utility Snubbed by Banks Shows States Pay Too Much”
Bloomberg News, September 23, 2009
“Hospitals Hit by Bond Yields Giving Investors Instant Profits”
Bloomberg News, August 11, 2009
“Utility Issues Face Marketing Hurdle”
Asset-Backed Alert, August 7, 2009
“Municipal Services Rulelmaking Board (“MSRB”) Files Disclosure Proposals”
The Bond Buyer, July 15, 2009
“Big banks to stop accepting California IOUs”
CNN Money, July 9, 2009
“Gold Sheets, A Thomson Reuters LPC Publication”
Thomson Reuters LPC, June 8, 2009
“Call Options for BABs: Yea or Nay?”
The Bond Buyer, May 6, 2009
“BUILD AMERICAN BONDS: Call Options for BABs: Yea or Nay?”
The Bond Buyer, May 6, 2009
“Tennessee Seeks to Curb Derivative Deals”
The Bond Buyer, May 4, 2009
“University of Virginia Suffers Too Little Credit With New Bonds”
Bloomberg News, April 21, 2009
“MUNI WATCH: Swaps Backfire On Municipal Finance Officers”
Dow Jones Newswires, April 8, 2009
“Fed Chief’s Warning Surprises Some”
The Bond Buyer, April 6, 2009
“Calif. Issuers Seek Lower Costs, Risk”
The Bond Buyer, March 27, 2009
“NAIPFA Says MSRB Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Regulate FAs”
The Bond Buyer, February 20, 2009
“$135b still frozen by an early ’08 debacle”
The Boston Globe, December 30, 2008
“Lehman Roils Muni Swaps as Collapse Forces Payments (Update1)”
Bloomberg News, December 24, 2008
“Auction-Rate Fees “Intoxicated” Dealers, UBS Said”
Bloomberg News, December 12, 2008
“Water Utilities Hire Saber”
The Bond Buyer, December 12, 2008
“California Utilities Hire Saber to Advise on Variable-Rate Debt”
Bloomberg News, December 11, 2008
“UBS to Pay $19 Billion As Auction Mess Hits Wall Street”
The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2008
“Muni Borrowers Need More Control Over Debt Sales, Adviser Says”
Bloomberg News, November 7, 2008
“Brazos Asks Investors to Tender ARS”
The Bond Buyer, October 3, 2008
“Barney Frank Calls For New Rules to Curb ARS Market Abuses”
The Bond Buyer, September 19, 2008
“UBS Costs in Auction-Rate Accord May Top Citigroup’s”
Bloomberg News, August 8, 2008
“Moves Toward ARS, VRDO Transparency”
The Bond Buyer, July 21, 2008
“Fichera Urges MSRB Not to Let Market Languish”
The Bond Buyer, July 10, 2008
“Can ARS Issues Be Fixed?”
The Bond Buyer, July 10, 2008
“Wall Street’s Customer’s Man Fichera Unmasked Auction-Rate Market in 1980’s”
Bloomberg News, May 30, 2008
“The Sad Story of Auction-Rate Securities”
Barron's, May 28, 2008
“Panelists Offer Words of Wisdom to Issuers Holding ARS”
The Bond Buyer, May 21, 2008
“Auction-Rate Market Collapse Costs U.S. Taxpayers $1.65 Billion”
Bloomberg News, May 16, 2008
“CEO Spotlight: Fichera of Saber Says Tax System Needs Restructuring”
Bloomberg News, May 8, 2008
“How to Clear a Road to Redemption”
The New York Times, May 4, 2008
“It’s a Long, Cold, Cashless Siege”
The New York Times, April 13, 2008
“Muni Regulator Plans Improved Auction-Rate Disclosure”
Bloomberg News, March 17, 2008
“Pacific Gas & Electric Clears Way For California’s Plan to Sell Bonds”
Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2008
“More Broker-Dealers May Shore Up Bonds”
The Bond Buyer, February 27, 2008
“New York Authority to Unveil Auction-Bond Details”
Bloomberg News, February 26, 2008
“Auction-Rate Trading Web Site Opens to Ease Failures”
Bloomberg News, February 25, 2008
“Auction Debt Succumbs to Bid-Rig Taint as Citi Flees”
Bloomberg News, February 21, 2008
“Auction-Rate Turmoil Hits Pittsburgh Medical Center”
The Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2008
“Muni Regulators Seek Disclosure on Auction-Rate Bonds”
Bloomberg News, February 15, 2008
“Saber’s Fichera Says Muni Bond Market Needs More Transparency”
Bloomberg News, February 14, 2008
“UBS, Merrill Lynch Step Back From Auction-Rate Bond Bidding”
Bloomberg News, February 14, 2008
“Short-End Credit Effects”
The Bond Buyer, February 8, 2008
“MUNI WATCH: More Insurer Fallout As Muni Auctions Fail”
Dow Jones Newswires, February 4, 2008
“CenterPoint Sells $488.5 Million of Bonds Backed by Ratepayers”
Bloomberg News, February 4, 2008
“Non-Public Firms Also Face Exposure”
Directorship, February 1, 2008
“Bond Insurer Losses May Hit the Streets”
Marketplace, January 31, 2008
“Subprime Seizure Solution May Be in Hospital Bills”
Bloomberg News, December 4, 2007
“Rigged Bids, SEC Help Dealers as Auction Bonds Fail”
Bloomberg News, November 21, 2007
“Bringing ABS Pricing into Focus: Is TRACE the Right Prescription?”
Asset Securitization Report, November 19, 2007
“Pennsylvania Bills Seek Gas Surcharge, Bonds for New Pipelines”
Bloomberg News, November 9, 2007
“Levitt Says Asset-Backed Bonds Need Better Disclosure”
Bloomberg News, November 5, 2007
“Subprime Losses Drub Debt Securities as Ratings Drop”
Bloomberg News, July 11, 2007
“Entergy May Get Tax Shield From Louisiana for Ratepayer Bonds”
Bloomberg News, June 1, 2007
“West Virginia WRAPS ECB DEAL”
Institutional Investor Ltd, April 18, 2007
“Allegheny closes pollution control issue”
Project Finance Magazine, April 12, 2007
“Allegheny Taps W.Va. Environmental Bond Structure”
Power Finance & Risk, April 5, 2007
“West Virginia Utilities Borrow for Pollution Costs”
Bloomberg News, April 3, 2007
“SEC Allows Auction-Rate Manipulators With Disclosure”
Bloomberg News, March 16, 2007
“Auction Agents Pay SEC $1.6M”
The Bond Buyer, January 9, 2007
“Deutsche Bank, Bank of New York Settle Bond Probe”
Bloomberg News, January 9, 2007
“American Electric Power Sells $1.74 Billion of Bonds for Costs”
Bloomberg News, October 4, 2006
“Florida Power Asks Regulator to Reconsider Hurricane Bond Order”
Bloomberg News, June 7, 2006
“SEC Auction Settlement Bond Buyer”
The Bond Buyer, June 1, 2006
“Auction-Rate Violations Result in $13M Penalty”
The Bond Buyer, May 31, 2006
“Citigroup, 14 Other Firms Settle Bond-Auction Probe”
Bloomberg News, May 31, 2006
“Florida Power’s Bid to Sell Hurricane Bonds May Be Scaled Back”
Bloomberg News, May 9, 2006
“Florida Power Seeks to Issue Bonds for Hurricane Cost”
Bloomberg News, April 19, 2006
“Texas Hires Adviser for Planned Sale of American Electric Bonds”
Bloomberg News, February 24, 2006
“West Virginia Regulators Hire Adviser for Allegheny Bonds”
Bloomberg News, February 9, 2006
“CenterPoint Sells $1.8 Bln in AAA Bonds Backed by Ratepayers”
Bloomberg News, December 13, 2005
“CenterPoint Energy Expands Mkt For Utility Tariff Bonds”
Dow Jones Newswire, December 12, 2005
“CenterPoint prices first part of $1.85 billion RRB program”
Asset Securitization Report, December 12, 2005
“Flipping and the IRS”
October 21, 2005
“Florida Utilities May Sell Hurricane Bonds in 1st-Qtr”
Bloomberg News, October 21, 2005
“Firm to set up storm bond program for Florida utilities”
Palm Beach Post, October 14, 2005
“Power companies to charge consumers for hurricane damages”
Tampa Bay Business Journal, October 14, 2005
“Lehman, Credit Suisse, RBS Hired to Lead CenterPoint Debt Sale”
Bloomberg News, October 13, 2005
“Florida Readies Storm-Recovery Debt Plan for Private Utilities”
The Bond Buyer, October 12, 2005
“Florida chooses advisor for hurricane recovery bond program”
Asset Securitization Report, October 3, 2005
“Florida chooses advisor for hurricane recovery bond program”
Asset Securitization Report, October 3, 2005
“New Jersey Utility PSE&G Sells Bonds Backed by Electric Bills”
Bloomberg News, September 12, 2005
“Road Clear for CenterPoint”
Asset Securitization Report, August 22, 2005
“CenterPoint Clears Legal Hurdle to $1.8 Billion Bond Sale”
Bloomberg News, August 18, 2005
“In the $2 trillion U.S. municipal bond market, government advisers and bankers spar over borrowing rates and more than $2 billion in fees. Advisers say they can save taxpayers millions of dollars in unnecessary charges.”
Bloomberg Markets, June 30, 2005
“Letters of Credit: Landesbanks to Remain in LOC Market Despite Downgrades”
The Bond Buyer, April 28, 2005
“California Hires Saber to Advise on Energy, Hold Investor Calls”
Bloomberg News, April 11, 2005
“Saber Gets Cold Shoulder From Underwriters”
Asset-Backed Alert, March 25, 2005
“Auction-Rate Securities Under Fire”
The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2005
“CenterPoint Bond Sale Faces Delay on Scrapped Searc”
Bloomberg News, March 24, 2005
“Auction-Rate Securities: Players: Heavier Retail Action Can Offset Strict”
The Bond Buyer, March 17, 2005
“Players: Heavier Retail Action Can Offset Strict View of FASB Rule”
The Bond Buyer, March 16, 2005
“Treasury & Risk Management Express”
March 14, 2005
“Syndicate: Underwriters or undertakers?”
Asset Securitization Report, February 14, 2005
“PG&E Sells $1.9 Billion of Bonds, Completing Recovery (Correct)”
Bloomberg News, February 4, 2005
“States, Cities Shun Finance Competition, Victimizing Taxpayers”
Bloomberg News, January 3, 2005
“A new breed of bond”
Energy Risk Magazine, January 1, 2005
“Texas Panel Defers Adviser’s Hiring to Avoid Conflict”
Bloomberg News, December 16, 2004
“Texas PUC Taps Saber Partners as FA for $1.89B Deal”
The Bond Buyer, August 19, 2004
“No Longer Stranded in the USA”
International Securitisation Report, August 1, 2004
“California Plans Auction-Rate Bond Sale With SEC Probe Looming”
Bloomberg News, July 16, 2004
“SEC Inquiry May Disrupt Auction Securities Market: Joe Mysak”
Bloomberg News, June 30, 2004
“The Weighting game”
International Financing Review, June 26, 2004
“SEC Auction Probe Raises Questions Rate-Setting Process Draws Scrutiny”
The Bond Buyer, June 24, 2004
“SEC Probes Firms in $204 Billion Auction-Rate Bond Market”
Bloomberg News, June 23, 2004
“TXU tops card ABS, despite timing issues”
Asset Securitization Report, May 31, 2004
“TXU Sells $790 Million of AAA Bonds With State’s Guarantee”
Bloomberg News, May 28, 2004
“Three N.J. Utilities to Sell $510 Million of Taxable Bonds”
The Bond Buyer, April 12, 2004
“Texas Utilities Plugging Into ABS Market”
Asset-Backed Alert, March 26, 2004
“DJ POWER POINTS: A $100 Million Here, $100 Million There…”
Dow Jones Newswire, March 19, 2004
“2003 Deal of the Year Award”
Asset Securitization Report, December 1, 2003
“The Modern Utility: Still a Black Box?”
Public Utilities Fortnightly, November 1, 2003
“RRB sector leader Texas aims to set best practices”
Asset Securitization Report, July 21, 2003
“Texas Utility Heightens Disclosures”
Asset-Backed Alert, July 18, 2003
“Feature: What Are Bond Deals Made Of?”
Investment Dealers' Digest, June 30, 2003
“A Grilling for A Texas Deal”
Investment Dealers' Digest, June 9, 2003
“Buffett Keen to Snap Up Cheap Utilities”
Reuters, March 11, 2003
“Governor shakes up PUC positions With the addition of a former top aide, all five now are Davis appointees”
Contra Costa Times, January 1, 2003
“California Deregulation Brought Chaos to Power Market (Update2)”
Bloomberg News, December 31, 2002
“Focus on the Fixed Rate: Buyers Doing Last-Minute Analysis of DWR Deal”
The Bond Buyer, November 1, 2002
“California’s $11.9 Bln Bond Sale Includes Record Reserves”
Bloomberg News, August 20, 2002
“A Veteran Gets Back In the Game: Stanley Grayson Named Beal COO”
The Bond Buyer, July 31, 2002
“State Is Set for Record Bond Issue”
Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2002
“Pacific Gas & Electric Clears Way For California’s Plan to Sell Bonds”
The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2002
“The Public Andrew Garvey: Morgan Stanley Exec Takes Tax-Exempt Lead”
The Bond Buyer, March 12, 2002
“TXU Hammers Out Securitization Plan”
Asset-Backed Alert, March 1, 2002
“Looking for Commitment: Does California PUC’s Plan Go Far Enough?”
The Bond Buyer, February 4, 2002
“In the Eye of a Hurricane”
The Bond Buyer, January 18, 2002
“State Stops Using Public Money to Buy Power”
Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2002
“State Faces Crunch Time to Deal With Electricity Costs”
Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2001
“California Power Consultants Accused of Violating Law”
Bloomberg News, August 7, 2001
“California Lawmakers Must Reform Utility Regulation, Says S&P”
Bloomberg News, July 25, 2001
“Fichera’s Long Hot Summer: Joseph Fichera headed to Sacramento to help keep the lights on”
Institutional Investor (Profile J.S. Fichera), July 1, 2001
“Hungry for Power, California Obtains $3.5 Billion Bridge Loan”
The Bond Buyer, June 20, 2001
“Sempra Agrees to Sell Power Lines to California for $1 Billion”
Bloomberg News, June 18, 2001
“California Paying Hundreds of Millions Over Market for Power”
Bloomberg News, June 11, 2001
“TXU Says Court Decision Allows Refinancing of $1.3 Bln in Debt”
Bloomberg News, June 6, 2001
“Power to Fichera”
Institutional Investor, June 1, 2001
“California Treasury Won’t Be Repaid Until 2004, Controller Says”
Bloomberg News, May 23, 2001
“California”
The Bond Buyer, May 11, 2001
“Edison Pact to Be Considered by California Lawmakers”
Bloomberg News, May 2, 2001
“Bloomberg NewsDuke, Others Sued Over Power Prices in California”
Bloomberg News, May 2, 2001
“California to Pay $15 Billion for Power, Report Says (Correct)”
Bloomberg News, May 1, 2001
“Calif. Owning Grid Will Limit Upgrades, Lawmaker Says”
Bloomberg News, April 20, 2001
“Edison Shares Fall Amid Concern Over Rescue Pact”
Bloomberg News, April 20, 2001
“Calif. Rating Threatened as DavisPians SCE Power Line Purchase”
The Bond Buyer, April 11, 2001
“Calif. Governor’s Aides to Brief Securities Analysts”
Bloomberg News, April 5, 2001
“California Rate Increase Threatens Bailout Passage (Update2)”
Bloomberg News, March 30, 2001
“PG&E May Take $4.1 Bln Charge as Calif. Calls Alert (Update2)”
Bloomberg News, March 30, 2001
“California Rates Won’t Solve Crisis, Controller Says”
Bloomberg News, March 28, 2001
“Edison Nears Agreement to Sell Assets, Calif. Negotiator Says”
Bloomberg News, March 26, 2001
“Edison Nearing Pact to Sell Assets, Negotiator Says”
Bloomberg News, March 26, 2001
“PG&E Bailout Talks `Not Encouraging,’ Senator Says (Update1)”
Bloomberg News, March 26, 2001
“California’s Power Crisis Puts General Fund Moves on Hold”
The Bond Buyer, March 23, 2001
“California Agency Drafts Plan to Have Generators Paid”
Bloomberg News, March 20, 2001
“Exxon Mobil Wants to Convert Fixed-Rate Muni Debt”
Bloomberg News, February 16, 2001
“Saber Partners Targets Muni, Corporate Sides of Power Industry”
The Bond Buyer, November 9, 2000