Governor Davis also wants big concessions, including control of the utilities' transmission networks, in exchange for what he calls "a buyout," not "a bailout".
In March, EDF had reached an agreement with Edison's Italian shareholders to take control of the utility after EDF agreed to divest a selection of hydroelectric assets.
Last year, the government took majority control of the utility, allowing it to continue as a limited company with shares traded on the stock exchange.
In the six months since Sinopec and E.N.N. initiated their takeover bid, three other major shareholders in China Gas -- two Chinese groups and one South Korean company -- have increased their stakes in the company, raising the stakes in a contest for control of a utility that only last year was mired in an embezzlement scandal.
Control of the utility, according to this plan, would shift to surrounding communities who are also served by the district, but like with the paintings in the DIA, Detroit would retain ownership.
There's a struggle for control of the utility between Mayor Eric Garcetti and Brian D'Arcy, the business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, the union representing most DWP employees.
In this paper, control schemes of utility interactive Multifunctional Dispersed Generation (MDG) are proposed to improve the power quality and the continuity of the electric power supply.
The anti-austerity party's list of election promises includes higher minimum wages, doing away with tax havens and EU border controls, the nationalisation of utilities and banks that were rescued with public funds, establishing a guaranteed minimum income and lowering the retirement age to 60.
Job protection in the public sector and keeping control of state-owned utilities are two of Pasok's most cherished policies.
Job protection in the public sector and keeping control of state-owned utilities are two of Pasok's most cherished sacred cows.
The Lead and Copper Rule is unusually tricky to enforce, because the contaminants in question are out of the control of the water utilities.
