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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (84724)1/19/2001 1:57:54 AM
From: Zeuspaul  Read Replies (1) of 95453
 
Bush on energy and California

cnn.com
In Washington, President-elect George W. Bush told CNN that solving
California's power shortage might require the loosening of environmental
regulations.

"If there's any environmental regulations that's preventing California from having
a 100 percent max output at their plants, as I understand there may be, then we
need to relax those regulations," Bush said.

"The situation in California underlies what I was saying in the course of the
campaign," Bush said. "We have an energy problem."

He said energy conservation should be promoted, but the "best way to make sure
we have energy independence is to encourage more exploration."

At a Senate confirmation hearing, Energy Secretary-designate Spencer Abraham
said that Bush views California's power crisis as "an urgent priority" but that it's
premature to speculate on actions the federal government might take
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