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State Sen. Dean Florez called upon the California Public Utilities Commission to stop Pacific Gas and Electric Co. from installing more SmartMeters and implementing any rate increases until meters can be thoroughly tested by independent technology experts.
Read the story here.
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Meters or rate hike? PG&E explains soaring energy bills
So, they wanted me to go and hear them explain that, in spite of doing exactly what I did last July and August (and I would know--I was there) the SmartMeter thinks I used 50% more electricity this year? And due to the rate...
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Reporter John Cox has a story on SmartMeters. Here's the top:
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has returned to Kern County to upgrade customers' SmartMeters, a move the utility insists will mean better service at a modest price.
As expected, however, the change has stirred skepticism among some...
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Power outages plagued a portion of downtown Bakersfield Monday, leaving government offices and at least one school without air conditioning on one of the hottest days of the year.
PG&E spokesman Kory Raftery confirmed that equipment failure caused an outage from about 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.,...
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Reader: I opened my Californian newspaper
(Saturday, Oct. 4) and saw the headline
“Kern picks Palin in poll.” The article
stated that it was a Bakersfield.com poll. In
other words, the participants were not chosen
at random, they were self-selected,
which can cause significant...
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Reader: To The Bakersfield Enquirer,
I am writing in regard to the article about still
more animal horrors on April 7. It seems there is
no end.
First it was large pictures of dogs being put to
sleep. I am curious how many of your reporters
are animal haters.
I guess you...
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DERBY ACRES - CA, PG&E is planning a power outage in the Derby Acres area from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM on August 5th 2008.
In response, the Parks & Recreation Dept will be opening a Cooling Center, which will be at the Veterans Hall, 218 Taylor Street in Taft.
To facilitate...
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Thanks to the Bakersfield Republican Assembly for discovering why your PG&E bill is so high.
And while we're on the bender agenda, here's gawker.com on Anderson Cooper.
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So just when you think you're on the home stretch in a building project, a new wrinkle comes up. As most of you know, I'm entering the final stages of a very long building project with my girlfriend. This week, we're getting the hot water heater (a tankless Takagi) and I was getting...
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About 18 years ago I had a conversation with my Dad in San Diego where we compared and complained about our respective SDG&E and PG&E bills. A third person in the room said he had read an article where the best defense against complaining about utility cost was to invest in...
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