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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (63863)	2/1/2001 10:46:11 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (3) of 436258

I don't even pretend to understand the dynamics of this particular situation. Would those of you who have insisted that the economy is better off in the hands of "Republicans" because the are the champions of so-called "free markets" care to take a stab at 'splianing this to me? dailynews.yahoo.com The Assembly's 51-28 vote was three short of the two-thirds needed to send it to the governor. Several Republican lawmakers took issue with a provision in the legislation that would let the state Public Utilities Commission (news - web sites) raise electricity rates to repay the state for its power purchases. To encourage conservation, residential customers who use 30 percent more energy than a baseline specified by regional climate and energy use would be punished with higher rates. ``It is clear this will result in a rate increase,'' Republican Assemblyman Rod Pacheco said. ``We are not voting for a rate increase.'' And don't cop out with some nonsense explanation that this is CA so what does one expect. (Not aimed at you personally in any way heinz. You just happened to be the last post I could tag a response to.)

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