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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (3668)	4/24/2001 12:21:39 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) of 23153

If the FERC is at fault then why has everyone, and I do mean everyone, in California been saying there is NO shortage of electricity up until February of this year!!? The signs were crystal clear last summer, and there were strong hints the summer before. Governor Davis has been trying to shield the public from the issue...protector father image....the Gore thing...I will protect you from those evil corporations. He has been a dismal failure in a crisis situation. What people believe doesn't change the fact we are in short supply. The reason Californians are being charged so much more than everyone else is due mostly to the drought The shortage is due to the drought. The high price is due to the market. California buys the same juice as others but at a higher cost....effectively subsidizing regulated contract users. California has to go back to being a regulated contract user. If you can't beat them join them. Unfortunately the Californians need someone to blame for their woes, so nothing is getting done. Most Californians I know blame California. Maybe you are referring to California politicians. It's Bush's fault He didn't create the problem but he can mitigate it. He speaks out of two sides of his mouth. On the one hand he says California's problems are unique to California and must be solved by California. From the other side of his mouth he says we have to drill in Alaska because we have an energy problem witness California. It's the producer's fault They are probably not blameless. The FERC says there has been market manipulation and they seem to be hard to convince. it's FERC's fault It is their job to regulate the market. They claim the market is dysfunctional. They should make it functional. To the extent the market is to blame for high prices and lack of supplies they share the blame. If I were a Californian I would be extremely embarrassed by the behavior of my elected leaders. No problem the state government has proven ineffective. They will probably be replaced with another set of bozos. California is a direct democracy...the issue will go to the voters. The fact that the State of California is incompetent in a crisis doesn't excuse the inaction by the federal government in what can best be described as a regional problem with some roots in the poor energy policies of the feds. The move towards natural gas without adequate supplies is a fault that lies with the feds. It should be the responsibility of the feds to oversee the usage of natural resources that are used on a national scale. Zeuspaul

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