Just 1% of smart meter-equipped homes in California have such programs, according to the California PUC.

FORBES: Energy

It will be held at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

In objecting to SB 1161, notably, PUC Commissioner Mike Florio never once mentioned California consumers.

FORBES: The Madness of Regulating VoIP as a Public Utility

No PUC was necessary to determine their prices (mostly free) or profits (mostly none).

FORBES: The Madness of Regulating VoIP as a Public Utility

"They put profits well ahead of consumers, " thunders PUC Chairman Ron L. Eachus.

FORBES: Hurry Up And Wait

PUC's announcement premature, and claimed to have had no knowledge of it.

ECONOMIST: California��s electricity

Loretta Lynch, head of California's PUC, calls the safety argument "a total red herring" and says El Paso probably profited from higher prices in ways the judge didn't see.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"Energy rationing, if put in place, would reduce Ms Rousseff's chances of re-election in 2014, " says Ricardo Ismael, a political scientist at the Catholic University (PUC) in Rio de Janeiro told the BBC.

BBC: Brazil drought stokes worries over energy shortages