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Re: California Power "Deregulation"
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:56:32 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek at lpieniazek@mercator.com wrote:

The media in the US are touting the situation in CA as a "failure of
deregulation".

<snip>

What's really fun about all this is that my power bill in WA is going way up
because our power companies want to sell our power to CA.

They're calling it a "shortage," however. There are all sorts of
advertisements on the radio and TV telling people to conserve power.

:^(

~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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The media in the US are touting the situation in CA as a "failure of deregulation". (URL) is it really? Let's review: Utilities used to produce their own power. But building plants to keep up with demand got hard for them. So some thought to open (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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