For now, Con Ed expects that any rate increase would be small, and Schoenblum said that the company does not plan to ask for an emergency rate increase in the meantime.
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Responding to calls for relief from San Diego politicians and ratepayers, the state Public Utilities Commission last week approved an emergency rate cap for the city, effectively halting deregulation in its tracks.
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California approved emergency rate increases of 7 percent to 15 percent for two electric utilities Thursday despite their warnings that the move will not be enough to keep them from sliding into bankruptcy within weeks.
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The bank last adjusted rates Aug . 24, when it lowered the emergency rate 0.75 percent and cut the discount rate 0.5 percent in line with a cut in German rates.
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With California's power industry in a financial crisis, the state Public Utilities Commission recommended emergency rate increases for two cash-strapped electrical utilities Wednesday but gave the companies far less than they wanted.
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"A number of the lines were carrying power flows well above the summer emergency rating for the lines because of the massive amounts of power being drawn north from AEP's system,"
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But there was probably just enough strength _ or ambiguity _ in the March jobs report for the Fed's policy-makers to resist demands for an emergency rate cut ahead of their next scheduled meeting on May 15.
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SAN FRANCISCO ( AP ) _ With California's power industry in a financial crisis, the state Public Utilities Commission recommended emergency rate increases for two cash-strapped electrical utilities but gave the companies far less than they wanted.
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That's because the emergency rate hike passed earlier this month raises residential rates by 9 percent and small-business rates by 7 percent, but adds 12 percent for medium-sized businesses and 15 percent for large industrial users.
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On Oct . 6, with the franc under selling pressure, the bank abandoned the five-to-10-day securities repurchase rate, the ceiling to money market rates, for the 24-hour emergency rate at 6.15 percent.
